Veneto, Zaia’s sleight of hand for the honor of arms to Salvini: the governor and 4 ‘his’ advisers join the Lega group

Mirage optics in the regional council of Veneto, in the distance comparison between Luca zaia and the secretary of the League, Matteo Salvini. Zaia’s list of presidents in Veneto took home 23 of the 49 seats. At first there were 24, but then the Court of Appeal attributed a seat to Cinquestelle who hadn’t passed the fateful 3 percent threshold with the list, but with their own candidate for governor. But here’s a surprise at the opening session time, a game of illusionism political. Four advisers from Ziani and Zaia himself move to the group of League. The difference between the triumph of President of the regional council elected for the third time with 76.8% of the votes and 44.6% of the own list compared to the 9 directors of Salvini. One slap to the party, even if he’s masked by the bon-ton Po, especially after the notary Veneto Lorenzo Fontana During the electoral campaign he had invited all the presidents of the more than 400 sections of Veneto to vote for the League and not for the Zaia’s List. And also considering the fact that Salvini had ordered to deploy the great guns of the last term, or outgoing evaluators.

Here is the new power puzzle. The so-called “zaiaboys” accept a remix of the cards, for the quiet life and to show – at least formally – that they are always garters, they are on the list of governor or in that of Salvini. Also in the previous legislature Zaia was part of the group of League. This time there is also the change of Vicenza Robert Donuts, former president of the regional council, who was reconfirmed in office during the first session with 37 votes. Then there is Fabian Barbisanby Fossalta di Portogruaro, which already during the last legislature had shrewdly (and with the blessing of President) from Zaia List to Mixed group, not for political differentiation, but only to be able to control the presidency of vice president in the Health Commission. too Filippo Line, restaurateur, president of the multi-service Veronese Agsm Turning on now part of the Salvini-Lega group. The same goes for the Belluno area Gianpaolo Bottacin, outgoing councilor, who will undoubtedly continue to be part of the new council.

Pressures of Secretary Salvini reshape, at least aesthetically, the composition of the Northern League front, completed by a representative of the list of Autonomies of the Veneto? TO Venice everyone denies it. And so began the third consecutive term of Zaia, first elected in 2010, reconfirmed in 2015, but who had been vice president of the then governor from 2005 to 2008 Giancarlo Prince. Board Vice Presidents Elected Nicola Ignazio Finco (League) with 36 votes and Francesca Zottis (Pd) with 9 votes. Within 24 hours the list of evaluators.

But the session also saw the first tear, in a super-armored majority like Zaia’s. Brothers from Italy they abstained in the election of both Ciambetti as president and vice president Finco. They would have loved one of them in this second role. They explained it in a note: “The fact that the League decides to exclude FdI from a political role within this regional council means to exclude 10 percent of Venetians and shows myopia and political myopia.” If they are cracks, they will grow. But Meloni’s party is still in the majority and a councilor is still expected.