Appointments, the Meloni-Mantovano line passes. So the prime minister has imposed the acceleration – Corriere.it

A full victory, but without tearing and without forcing. After days of tensions, stops and postponements, Giorgia Meloni manages to close the round of strategic appointments. The President of the Council imposes its solution for the top management of Rai, the Police and the Guardia di Finanza. The umpteenth postponement is not actually such, because Palazzo Chigi has left a trace, in black and white, of the tormented understanding that locks Andrew DeGennaro in command of the Yellow Flames.

Given the fibrillation that marked the gestation of the dossier, a thread of caution is obligatory, but barring sensational twists at the next Cdm the Treasury minister will propose the name of De Gennaro, who just two days ago had taken on an informal temporary job. Guido Crosetto will give the concert in spite of himself and the green light will come from the ministers, with which the premier will be able to ensure full control of the state apparatus. All the balls went into the pocketsthe satisfied comment of a iron melonian.

Giorgia Meloni, in line with Alfredo Mantovano, had decided right from the start that Vittorio Pisani, a name much appreciated by Matteo Salvini and Matteo Piantedosi, would take the place of Lamberto Giannini as Chief of Police, before the expiry of the mandate. And that at the same time the appointment of De Gennaro as general commander of the Gdf would have been made, considered by the president and the undersecretary at Palazzo Chigi the most suitable personality to keep the command group together. Mantovano, who met De Gennaro at the Viminale when he was Undersecretary of the Interior and the brother of the former Chief of Police (Gianni De Gennaro, ed) was a member of the Central Commission on Protection Programs, it took more than a good word. The basic idea that inspired the premier is the need to mark the discontinuity compared to the past, identifying new institutional subjects to rely on. The substance of the duel can appear brutal: self
the Chief of Police close to the Leaguethe commander of the Finance Guard it can only be appreciated by Brothers of Italy. At Palazzo Chigi there is only one word to describe it: balance.

But Giorgetti and Crosetto got in the way, first of all for a question of method. The choice of the head of the yellow flames falls by right to the head of the economy and the defense minister has the honor and burden of the countersignature. Arm wrestling, always denied by Palazzo Chigi as by the Mef, which went on for days. Giorgetti had doubts about the profile of the successor of Joseph Zafarana, enough to let you know you have consulted the Quirinale. But he was never against De Gennaro, his collaborators assure.

After exhausting discussions, the premier had taken a break for reflection. But two nights ago you called the ministers and imposed acceleration, and then smoothed out the last edges in a small meeting that preceded the CDM and in which it was decided to save form, to safeguard the Minister of Economy. It will be Giorgetti, who returned from the G7 in Japan, to propose in the next CDM the appointment of the new commander, on the basis of the political agreement already reached. And the fact that it is written in the final release means that no second thoughts are allowed and twists. Meloni would have liked to close the appointments in unison at the top of the state bodies. But he preferred not to force, in order not to overwhelm. And so he accepted Giorgetti’s request to wait for his return from Japan so that he can be present at the decisive CDM.

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