Appointments, the side between Crosetto and Giorgetti that irritated Meloni-Corriere.it

A surreal scene. For two and a half hours all ministers remained nailed to the chairs around the table in Palazzo Chigi, pending that the premier crosses the threshold and makes the bell ring. The Council of Ministers convened at 4 pm started after 6.30 pm, when finally Giorgia Meloni, Giancarlo Giorgetti, Guido Crosetto and the undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano they interrupted the discussion in the presidency rooms and allowed the government meeting to begin. The CDM limited itself to giving the green light to the ad personam decree that between today and tomorrow he will push the managing director of Rai Carlo Fuortes to present his resignation and will open the waltz of the armchairs in Viale Mazzini.

The tug of war on the appointments, which he has been seeing for days collide melonians and Northern League among the stuccos and frescoes of Palazzo Chigi, forced the premier to postpone decisions. Two key roles are causing the big names in the government to quarrel, the command of the Finance Police and the Chief of Police. Simul stabunt, simul cadent, the formula bouncing between ministers and spokesmen during the long wait. And so it was. Despite the esteem it enjoys Lambert Giannini at the Quirinale, Meloni has decided to replace the chief of police with the idea of ​​entrusting him, in addition to the vacant position of prefect of Rome, also with the uniform of commissioner for the 2025 Jubilee. Matthew Salvini And Matteo Piantedosi, the premier signed the agreement on the name of Vittorio Pisani, deputy director of Aisi. However, the appointment of Giannini’s successor has been frozen pending the mediation of the premier to close the brawl over the yellow flames. No clashes, the collaborators try to appease spirits, recalling that the appointments were not on the agenda and that political dialectics is normal in a coalition government.

Meloni would actually be furious (and not only with the League) for a slip that embarrasses the government and also sorry for the misunderstandings with a minister of the caliber of Guido Crosetto, who ten years ago founded the Brothers of Italy with her. Guido allied himself with Giorgetti, the prime minister’s loyalists suspect and spread the rumor that yesterday morning the defense chief closed himself in the MEF with the Treasury minister to stop Andrew DeGennaro. The John’s brotherformer Chief of Police, the name on which the Prime Minister and Mantovano point, not insensitive to the good words that the former Speaker of the Chamber would have put in Luciano Violante. After the (strong) initial perplexities, Giorgetti would have been ready to give in. Until Crosetto knocked on his door to inform him that he would not give the concert due to him by law.

The defense minister denies vetoes and assures that the prime minister is only taking time to reflect. But yesterday’s false start requires starting over. De Gennaro remains in the leadeven if his powers are discussed in the government, but behind him they are back in the running Bruno Buratti, Fabrizio Carrara, Carmen López And Umberto Sirico, the name most appreciated by Giorgetti. He the hourglass running out. If on May 9 the government has not chosen a successor, the general Joseph Zafarana he will have to leave the command to his deputy.

The tension between the Brothers of Italy and the High League and from via XX Settembre work is being done to smooth out the rough edges. It is explained that the change at the top of the Gdf a complex process that has been going on for some time, that the selection process has been shared since the beginning and that there is no divergence with Chigi, nor with other interested parties. Yet, the match is so delicate that Giorgetti has deemed it appropriate to consult the Quirinale regarding the profile of Zafarana’s successor, appointed president of ENI.

In return, the CDM has appointed drought commissioner Nicholas Dell’Acquajust in time for the control room to be held today. Even this step was not painless, because Salvini would have liked to indicate the name but from FdI they pointed out to him that if you preside over the control room you cannot also choose the commissioner.

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