Announced yesterday by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, speaking via video link to the direction of the Lega Sicilia, the signing of the agreement on the appointment of Annalisa Tardino as president of the System Authority Port of the Western Sicilian Sea by the President of the Sicilian Region, Renato Schifani, was confirmed by Tardino herself. With the signature, Schifani therefore renounced, after threatening to appeal to the Regional Administrative Court ( of 19 August 2025), to oppose the appointment of the former MEP of the League to the presidency of the port authority that he already leads for some months as extraordinary commissioner and to the which, moreover, Schifani had given expressions of appreciation, highlighting in December that Tardino "is giving proof of great commitment and professionalism".

If on the surface there is esteem and appreciation, what a little more below there was conflict and tension between the exponents of the two government parties confirm this by the words of the same Tardini: "These have not been easy months," he said, "but if it is It is true that difficulties form character and force you to learn quickly, for me it was like that. The decision of Minister Matteo Salvini and the President of the Region Sicily, Renato Schifani, to appoint me president of the Authority of the Port System of the Western Sicilian Sea fills me therefore of pride and, albeit with prudence and respect institutional for the hearings in Parliament that will have to seal this choice and completing the appointment process, provides me with An exceptional boost to proceed on the path taken in the interest of the ports that have been entrusted to me".