Alessio D’Amato leaves the Democratic Party and goes into action with Calenda

“We are happy to welcome Alessio D’Amato to Action.” This was stated by Action leader Carlo Calenda during the press conference at Palazzo Madama organized to announce new entries into the party. Alongside Calenda, the group leader of Action in the Chamber, Matteo Richetti, the spokesperson and deputy secretary of the party, Mariastella Gelmini, and Alessio D’Amato, former Pd and former Lazio health councilor, candidate of the Pd-Terzo Polo coalition in the regional elections won by centre-right. “Alessio is an example of good administration as well as the author of the best vaccination campaign ever carried out in Italy,” added Calenda.

Will there be more arrivals? «Yes, I think so – is Calenda’s answer -, I think this will be a long process of arrivals. A process that has started. The meeting of different cultures: popular, republican, reformist, Catholic, liberal, socialist. I believe that more will arrive in the coming months, what I want to say and what I am sorry about is that we have never carried out a shopping campaign: what interests us is that they are people who arrive, not solicited to arrive, and that quality people arrive. They are complicated choices. Breaking down the wall of bipolarity is a complicated matter”.

And then: «There are many people who approach every day and administrators or others will arrive. This is not the time for the “but also”. In Rome, the waste-to-energy plant must be done: period. But what are we talking about? The uncertainties are unjustified. The abolition of the abuse of office that the mayors have been asking for for some time is something that must be done. Mine is a considered, painful choice. For me it is clear that the opponent is this sovereign right which is at the helm of the country. An alternative must be built. I raised a political issue with respect to a wrong, subordinate posture of the Democratic Party with respect to the M5S. Since then I have received no responses, received no calls. I don’t want to argue, I acknowledge and my political commitment continues. I asked to join Action to make my contribution to strengthening the reformist front with the pragmatism I tried to put into play when it came to fighting the pandemic. I believe that politics should be distinguished by the concreteness of its actions. “Worse than this pandemic there is only the risk of wasting it”, were the words of the Pontiff and this is unfortunately happening. It is serious not to have used the Mes fund. Meloni’s right is not becoming a European conservative right, which would be needed, he is returning to noisy positions, more than extreme The things Salvini said are unworthy of a minister of the Republic, he should resign instead he is still there talking lies, above all because it is being examined by Parliament a fiscal delegation in which there is no trace of fiscal peace».