[ad_1]
“Dear companions, dear companions, the truth sets you free. And speaking to each other clearly and without Byzantinism, I think it can help to re-tie the broken thread of a democratic community that is alive and demanding with those who represent it ”. Marianna sideboard, in the race for the leadership of the Democratic Party group in the House, thus begins the letter sent to dem colleagues and friends. TO j’accuse to the outgoing parent company Graziano Delrio who supports the other candidate Debora Serracchiani in which the consensus of the reformist grassroots current also converge, headed Lorenzo Guerini me Luca lotti. But Serracchiani responds: “I am autonomous. The confrontation without retro thoughts.”
Pd, Serracchiani towards the role of group leader in the Chamber. Last knot: the presidency of the work commission
by Giovanna Casadio
Madia’s letter
A competition between two women for leadership that – is Madia’s complaint – “has once again plunged into the game of cross-cutting agreements.” He adds that, in fact, the election of the leader of the group has become “a form of disguised co-option”.
The challenge between women, wanted by the new secretary Enrico Letta, in a crucial role as leader of the parliamentary group, therefore, it would not have brought fresh air and fresh wind, but would have proposed the coin game again: it is the denunciation. Madia writes: “It was Delrio who asked me to get involved in my candidacy along with that of my dear friend Debora Serracchiani.” However, “from the referee of a contest proposed by him, he became an active promoter of one of the two candidates, transforming in my eyes a free and transparent confrontation into a disguised co-option”. Without detracting from the “authority of Serracchiani” for Madia it is precisely “masked cooptation” and this distance “between form and substance is not healthy”.
Pd, Simona Malpezzi is the new group leader in the Senate. And the Serracchiani hypothesis wavers in the House. Tuesday’s vote
Madia analyzes the issue of female leadership: “There is still a long way to go regarding the relationship between women and power”, and reviews what happened in the last month, that is, the government team only for men, the women theme. in the party and that clash of currents that later led to the resignation of the former secretary Nicola Zingaretti and finally to the choice of Enrico Letta.
Delrio questioned responds: “For me and Letta, the competition was not a problem. I did not invite anyone to apply and anyone not to, because it was not very respectful of freedom. I calmly expressed my opinion on what I will vote to those who asked, however, expressing my esteem for both … and I did not negotiate of any kind also because I would say that I have already done my part. “.
The weather is on and the tension is very high on the Pd. Last night, after the reformist meeting at the Base, the choice of Serracchiani as Guerini was taken for granted.Franceschini-Delrio the majority of the consensus among the deputies: around sixty of 93. It was also considered (almost) taken for granted that as deputy group leader he could be singled out Piero De Luca, deputy close to Lotti, son of the Governor of Campania Vincenzo.
Madia’s letter arrived at the post of deputies dem in the middle of the afternoon spoils the letters. The former minister concludes: “It is not a problem only of this passage, but of how to do politics: thanks to Secretary Letta we are discussing it right now in circles … whatever happens will be nice, we are free people and from here on a different story begins ”.
Reply Serrracchiani: “I autonomous”
Debora Serracchiani is not going to pass for a sponsor-driven candidate. And he responds closely to Madia’s accusations. “Autonomy – he says – has been the key to my personal and political history, and even when I was with someone I did it with loyalty, sharing ideas and maintaining freedom of judgment.” Then he adds: “I care a lot about this little inheritance of mine, because authenticity and honesty are my values that I bring as a gift to my party and offer to my fellow MEPs.”
That is why, Serracchiani concludes, “I hope that, if ever shadows or misunderstandings have touched Marianna, they will dissipate immediately. Let’s face it without mortgages and without setbacks, knowing that each one represents himself and that each colleague in the group will decide in full freedom “.
