In Lombardy, the Italian erotic actress Fortunata Ciaco (42) wants to apply for the position of regional president. “It’s not that I spontaneously thought about running for office. It was a well-considered decision,” she said in a TV interview on Saturday. Next year there will be elections in Italy’s most populous and economically most important region. Fontana, 70, of the right-wing Lega party, which is also involved in the government in Rome, currently rules the Lombard capital Milan.
Ciaco — who goes by the professional name of Priscilla Salerno — runs with the backing of the small leftist party Nuovo Partito Socialista. She has little chance of success. She announced that she wanted to fight for women’s rights. Ciaco referred to the political career of Ilona Staller (71), who became known in the erotic world as “Ciccolina” and was a member of the Italian Parliament between 1987 and 1992. (SDA/chs)