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Enrico Letta said yes: he will be the new secretary of the Democratic Party. Today the former prime minister Enrico Letta dissolved the reservation with a tweet posted at 12:01 in which he accepted the leadership of the dem after the resignation of Nicola Zingaretti. “I’m there,” he wrote. And in a video of just over a minute he formalized his candidacy for the Dem Assembly that will be held on Sunday, thanking Zingaretti and announcing that he will participate during the Assembly: “I believe in the value of the word – he says in the video – I invite you everyone to fly based on my words. Knowing that I am not looking for unanimity but for the truth in the relations between us to get out of this crisis ”. Then he added: “Today I am here where last Monday I would never have imagined running for the leadership of that party that I helped found and that today is experiencing a deep crisis. I do it for the love of politics and a passion. for democratic values ”.
Half an hour earlier Letta had posted a selfie from the Ghetto of Rome, writing: “This morning. Before deciding. In the Ghetto of Rome, remembering the words of Liliana Segre ‘do not be indifferent'”.
Assembly line
Initially spread over two days, the Pd assembly was cut down to just one. It will be carried out Sunday March 14, starting at 9.30, completely online and streaming on the party’s Facebook page. At 3 in the afternoon the secretary’s proclamation will take place. It begins with President Cuppi who will inform the Assembly about the resignation of the secretary and will make an intervention. Subsequently, the assembly will be suspended for an hour and a half to two hours to sign the candidacies.
Then he will announce Letta’s candidacy again, will continue his intervention and will suspend again for a maximum of two hours to allow electronic voting operations. At 3 in the afternoon the proclamation of the secretary must be made.
Zingaretti: “Read to the right person”
Former secretary dem Nicola Zingaretti expresses satisfaction with Letta’s yes. “I think he is the right person. If he leads this renovation we have achieved a great goal. He made a beautiful video, an excellent setting. A very successful first step,” he said on the sidelines. of a conference in the Region. “I will do my best as President of the Region to demonstrate the good government of a new center-left, I will give my contribution of ideas to the life of my party because if I resigned, I did it to help, for the Love of the party and for Italy . If I look at the choices that are being made, I am even more convinced that I have done well: I hope the controversial season ends and the season of Pd protagonist opens, it was what I wanted, “he concludes.
