“Salvini is wrong, the real battle is the autonomy of the North. And only Zaia supports it.” Brugnaro’s substitute leaves the League after 27 years

VENICE – “For me Salvini is wrong, immigration it is a subproblem. The first real problem, the mother of all battles as he says Luca zaia, is autonomy. When we do, it will be natural to solve the other problems ”. Massimo Sensini, 67 years, president of Venetian FedersanitàIt is not just any Northern League. Have the membership card since 1993. Did the mayor of Fossalta di Piave for ten years. As a councilor he was elected to the post of Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan City of Venice, which in 2015 was superimposed on the Province. However, he decided Give up from the office in City hall, therefore, dispense with the deputy of the metropolitan mayor Luigi Brugnaro. me will not renew membership to the League, because it is no longer recognized in the party formed by Salvini. In the days of Zaia’s triumph, the dualism between the governor who obtained a kind of plebiscite and the secretary who continues in the Italian campaign (with defeats), creates the first tear in a region still caught in the vapors of the electoral hangover. Salvini’s decision marks the fracture of two souls that the League’s nomenklatura insists on denying just because no one dares to go against the Captain. But among the many loyalists there is someone who decides to do it. And he explains it to ilfattoquotidiano.it.

Sensini, why are you leaving the offices?
It was a very painful decision, after almost thirty years of militancy. I no longer recognize myself in this team, it seems to me that I am playing in another team. The League of a ‘local’ party, rooted in the territory, launched itself onto the national route, becoming the recruitment of some other party.

Which?
Brothers from Italy. But if the problems you are facing are the same then it is better unify both parts. I believed in the identity of the Lega Nord-Liga Veneta. And I highlight the Veneta League. We started as a kind of Brancaleone army and imposed the modification of Title V of the Constitution, transmitting the idea that we do not need to be in Rome to decide our lives. You can also do it from here.

Does autonomy divide the League?
For me it is absurd that a governor, like Zaia, is supporting autonomy. Instead, it should be a political message coming from Secretary Salvini. An administrator must put into practice the policies that must come from the political secretariat.

They’re not here?
Zaia says that autonomy is the mother of all battles, but on the other hand there is no answer. It seemed that the project could start when Salvini was Minister of the Interior, but nothing. It is not a paradox that the only actions towards autonomy in politics, in the past, were due to Massimo D’Alema? Instead, the secretary holds rallies throughout Italy, without proposing the fundamental problems that have made the League great.

Which?
L” autonomy over 23 administrative matters, provided for by the amended Title V of the Constitution and the tax problem. These are the main problems. The public debt skyrockets and nobody says anything. It was once said that it was a duty to operate the Italian locomotive, which is the north, because it would have pulled all the other cars. Now we have stopped it. You have to change before it’s too late and a man comes along and does everything.

Are there two souls in the League?
We say two differences of feelings, even if the thought is unique. But Zaia is an administrator, who also did the Minister. And whoever manages well can only be the first of the problems for autonomy. The solution of the others comes later. Salvini, who is not an administrator but a politician, insists instead on immigration. But this is a secondary problem, which will be addressed once the autonomy of the regions has been resolved. Otherwise, we don’t talk about anything.

Did you have any reaction to the resignation announcement?
Various messages. But I don’t expect Zaia to show up. Be very careful, be careful. Your vision is very similar to mine. But it is the Lega, which was once my home, that has changed.