Milan, 26 July (LaPresse) – Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala did well not to resign, because ‘the pact made with citizens comes before legal action’. This was stated in an interview with Il Sole 24 Ore by the former mayor of the Lombard capital, Gabriele Albertini, who said he had spoken with Sala. ‘I called him to tell him that he did well not to resign. I have no doubt about his honesty, and I respect the judiciary, but he is accountable to the electorate first and foremost. On the specific issue, he teased me, saying that I am the mayor who has threatened to resign the most. But I assure you that I was not pretending. I would have resigned for real. In any case, it worked,’ Albertini said. Mayor from 1997 to 2006 for two consecutive terms, leading a centre-right coalition, Albertini said that for Sala's future, “the issue is political, not judicial”. “He must ask himself this question: is his majority united? As I said, this is the main issue on which he must base his decisions, because he will have to deal with crucial issues such as San Siro”.