Funny: Fagot to rule over the Sicilian mafia

Subject: Funny: Fagot to rule over the Sicilian mafia Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:31 pm

ROME: A gay man who shrugged off three mafia plots to kill him is poised to become Sicily's first homosexual governor in elections that show the centre left advancing at the expense of Silvio Berlusconi's right-wing party.

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Representing a coalition of Italy's centre-left Democratic Party and the Catholic UDC party, Rosario Crocetta is leading against the candidate of Mr Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) and a contender representing the maverick movement of the comedian Beppe Grillo, who trailed in third place.

After leaving prison in England, Oscar Wilde took refuge in Palermo.

With more than 50 per cent of votes counted, Mr Crocetta had 30.88 per cent of the vote, ahead of the PDL’s Sebastiano Musumeci with 24.90 per cent, robbing him of what was once the centre-right’s stronghold on the Mediterranean island.The outsider, the anti-politics Five Star Movement, surprised observers by garnering 18.46 per cent amid rising sentiment against the established parties and anger over rampant corruption, particularly in the Mafia stronghold.

‘‘It’s the first time that a candidate for the left is elected as regional governor, it’s the first time that an anti-Mafia candidate wins,’’ declared a victorious Mr Crocetta, 61. ‘‘Today is more than an election result, it is a date with history.’’

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/antimafia-campaigner-draws-on-gay-struggle-20121030-28gaq.html#ixzz2AkXJQnkJ

Funny: Fagot to rule over the Sicilian mafia

Funny: Fagot to rule over the Sicilian mafia

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