Sicily vote 'very important' ahead of general electionL analyst Sicily heads to the polls Sunday for a regional vote seen as a bellwether for Italy's general elections in spring, with the populist Five Star Movement (M5S) going head-to-head with a resurgent right as the left struggles. The island has "always been a land to control for those who want to rule the boot," says Marco Angelo Gervasoni, political science professor at the LUISS university, in reference to the eurozone's boot-shaped third largest economy. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES