Alessandro Sorte Stefano Benigni –
Who are Stefano Benigni and Alessandro Sorte, the honorable members forces who introduced the Testa brothers to Giovanni Toti
Stefano Benigni and Alessandro Sorte. Two names that came into the limelight today thanks to the governor of Liguria Giovanni Toti, questioned by prosecutors as part of the investigation into the alleged corruption ring (with mafia infiltration). In this regard, in fact, there is a poisonous clarification on how the governor would have come into contact with the Testa brotherswho according to the magistrates would be the procurers of the votes of the Riesi community, contaminated by infiltration Cammarata clan: “Two gentlemen, (Alessandro) Sorte and (Stefano) Benigni, who vouched for their personal qualities, introduced them to me.”
Both from the Lower Bergamo area, they are part of the Ave Silvio “trio”, the last vanguard of Forza Italia, as well as the so-called “Marta Fascina group”, of the faithful of the Knight’s widow.
Who is the Honorable Stefano Benigni, who together with Alessandro Sorte introduced the Testa brothers to Giovanni Toti
Stefano Benigni, born in 1987, after obtaining his scientific high school diploma he attended the “Foreign Trade” course at the University of Bergamo. Since 2009 he has been registered in the register of financial promoters and since 2011 he has also been registered in the single register of insurance intermediaries. He works as a financial consultant and deals with financial consultancy and promotion regarding capital investments. Both in Forza Italia and in the People of Freedom (PdL) he played in the respective youth organizations Forza Italia Giovani and Giovane Italia, in the latter he was provincial coordinator (until 2013) and regional coordinator in Lombardy (from 27 April 2013).
In 2013 he joined Silvio Berlusconi’s revival of Forza Italia, going on to take on the role of regional coordinator in Lombardy of the reborn youth organization Forza Italia Giovani. In the 2014 administrative elections he ran for the municipal council of Bergamo, among the Forza Italia lists, being elected municipal councilor, while in the 2018 political elections he was a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies in the single-member constituency Lombardia 3 – 05 (Bergamo), supported by centre-right coalition in Forza Italia share, being elected deputy with 45.55% of the votes, overtaking the centre-left candidates,
On 7 August 2019 he was among the founders of Cambiamo!, Giovanni Toti’s new party, who on 9 September left the Forza Italia parliamentary group to join two days later the component in the mixed group “Cambiamo! – Ten times better” with other former Forza Italia colleagues, including Alessandro Sorte. On 18 December of the same year he joined, together with the deputies of Cambiamo!, the mixed component “We with Italy-USEI-Cambiamo!-Central Alliance”. On 16 February 2021 he joined the component in the mixed “Cambiamo!-Popolo Protagonista”. The following May 27, Benigni decided not to join Coraggio Italia, a new party founded by the mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro together with Toti. On 16 May 2022, during a conference organized in Treviglio, Sorte (who had previously returned to Forza Italia) announced his return to the party.
In the early political elections of 2022 he was re-nominated for the Chamber, among the Forza Italia lists in the multi-member constituency Lombardia 2 – 02, being re-elected to Montecitorio. On 12 December 2022 he was appointed national coordinator of Forza Italia Giovani by Berlusconi. On 24 February 2024, during the first party congress, he was elected deputy secretary of Forza Italia.
Who is the Honorable Alessandro Sorte, who together with Stefano Benigni introduced the Testa brothers to Giovanni Toti
Alessandro Sorte, born in 1984 in Treviglio, graduated in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Bergamo and worked for several years in the industrial cleaning sector in the marketing office, as well as acting as director of private companies. In the 2004 municipal elections in Lombardy he ran for the municipal council of Brignano Gera d’Adda, among the lists of the Northern League as an independent in support of the mayoral candidate Giuseppe Ferri, and was elected municipal councilor as the most voted in the municipality. In the 2009 local elections he was nominated and elected provincial councilor of Bergamo, for Il Popolo della Libertà (PdL) with 26.07% of the votes in the Martinengo constituency, remaining in office until 2013, where he was a member of the Union of Italian Provinces.
On 16 November 2013, with the suspension of the activities of the People of Freedom, he joined the rebirth of Forza Italia, going on to hold the position of provincial commissioner of the party in Bergamo from February 2014 to July 2015. On 7 August 2019 he too was among the founders of Cambiamo!, Giovanni Toti’s new party, and so on 9 September he leaves Forza Italia to join the component of the mixed group “Cambiamo! – Ten times better” with other former FI colleagues two days later. On 18 December of the same year the five Totians joined the new component of the mixed “Noi con l’Italia-USEI-Cambiamo!-Alleanza di Centro” together with Vittorio Sgarbi and four colleagues from Noi con l’Italia – USEI.
Since 16 February 2021 he has been part of the autonomous component “Cambiamo!-Popolo Protagonista” together with seven colleagues from Cambiamo! and two from Popolo Protagonista. On the following 27 May Sorte decided not to join Coraggio Italia, the new party founded by the mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro together with Giovanni Toti. On 30 November of the same year he returned to Forza Italia after meeting President Silvio Berlusconi. After the resignation of Maria Alessandra Gallone, on 6 December of the same year he was appointed commissioner of Forza Italia for the province of Bergamo by the regional coordinator of Forza Italia in Lombardy Licia Ronzulli. While March 24, 2023 he replaces Ronzulli as regional coordinator of Forza Italia in Lombardy, consequently leaving the role of provincial coordinator
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