Abuse of office, dem divided. The mayors ask for dialogue. Elly Schlein ready to “negotiate” – Corriere.it

We also lacked this. Elly Schlein he has to deal with a new crack that has opened up in the not very solid wall of the Democratic Party: most of the dem mayors invite the party not to reject the proposals of the Minister of Justice Nordio on abuse of office. The secretary is convinced that the right is making one political propaganda tool and you use such delicate themes for this purpose.

The opinion of the clear leader: They want to make some justice a battleground, also taking advantage of the fact that the reform of the abuse of office has long been a battle of the local administrators of the Democratic party. For this reason, the secretary has been repeating the same sentence to all her interlocutors for two days: We must avoid passing on the plurality that is within us, and that is a characteristic of the Democratic Party, out of weakness.

Schlein has no doubts: therepeal can not pass, can not abolish i legality checks. But he realizes that the shock wave of the mayors is impressive. And that local administrators do not frown upon the bill presented by Charles Nordio: All the mayors have asked for the abuse to be abolished or for its profound reform, recalls the powerful governor of Puglia Michele Emilianowhich makes it clear that his position is not too different from that of his colleague Vincent DeLuca.

The administrators are the backbone of the organizational machine that the Democratic Party will have to put in place at European. And about these elections Schlein bet all his cards. Therefore the Nazarene doesn’t want to get too involved with i mayors. Not only that: even among the dem parliamentarians there are those who would like a less ideological approach. Especially among those deputies and senators who have been administrators: Piero Fassino, Daniele Manca, Federico Gianassi, Augusto Curti, just to name a few. Not that they are in favor of the proposal without ifs and buts centre-right, but they would like the party to sit down at the table and discuss. And even those who have many doubts about the goodness of the government proposal, like Lorenzo Guerinihe explains to his followers in a pragmatic way: Our position, however, cannot be that of wall against wall orstonewallingwe need a serious discussion on the merits, for the government cannot lock down the bill to do so.

inevitable that at this point, although it is not on the agenda of the direction of tomorrow, in that venue we will end up talking about justice and abuse of office. Also because in their reasoning these days it’s a bit all MPs, whatever their position on the matter, they are inclined towards an internal clarification on this issue. We have to talk about it well, he says Matthew Orfini to party comrades. AND Gianni Cuperlo of the same opinion: We must discuss it in the management and then also involve the parliamentary groups. Everyone in the Democratic Party takes it for granted that in the end the dem answer to the bill presented by the Minister of Justice will be a no. But there is a way and a way to oppose it. And this is what Schlein has been reflecting on in recent days.

I understand,” he says to his friends secretary dem — the reasons of the mayors and one can think about the elimination of some distorting effects of that crime, but abolishing it doesn’t really exist. For the leader of the Democratic partygiven the many pushes that come from within the Democratic Party, not to take the path of obstructionism and, while raising the barricades, will opt for a constructive opposition: We will present our proposals, he explains to his party comrades.

So, no wall to wall. But the risk to the secretary that Joseph Conte – which beyond the kisses and hugs in the square sees the Democratic Party as a competitor in view of the Europeans – decides instead to raise the bar on justice. Because a topic more than popular with the people of Five Stars movement and because, in any case, this can be a way to embarrass the Democratic Party. But the secretary certainly does not intend to lend her side to the indirect attacks of the future ally. So warn her: If we see that the right uses this measure only to create confusion and propaganda, we will certainly not support them on this path. The position of the Democratic Party is clear. We don’t like this reform.

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