Bonaccini-Schlein, the comparison on TV of the two candidates for the Pd-Corriere.it secretariat

arrived at the final sprint the long race to elect the new secretary of the Democratic Party. Sunday the appointment at gazebo to vote at primaries
Pd (but already voted in circles). The two main candidates Stefano Bonaccini and Elly Schlein confront each other on TV, in a duel that follows the stringent rules of the electoral campaign.

Live on SkyTg24 the Ggovernor of Emilia Romagna and the deputy they show up ready and prepared. The format requires it: stringent questions, one minute per answer, four replies of 30 seconds and a final appeal.

The result of the gazebos

I think I can guarantee the unity of the party after the fights. My primary objective is to bring the left back to government in a few years but only because we will have won the elections says Bonaccini to whom fate has entrusted the first answer. We come from a tough defeat. Now the time of humility and listening: it’s time to bring a clear identity back into play. I think it should be based on challenge of the fight against inequalities, to precariousness, to the climate emergency. On some issues missed the Pd and I think I can give a home to those who have felt orphaned in recent years. And the results of the primaries do not say too much: I ask everyone to vote and to exceed one million people in the gazebo. And I hope to win. Bonaccini also hopes to exceed one million votes and claims the primaries mechanism: We are the only ones who call so many people to express themselves. If I win, however, I promise it won’t take us six months for the congress because we look like Martians. I hope to win but I am more concerned that the Pd win, I thank all those who want to come and vote for us.

Alongside Ukraine

On Ukraine, the two candidates agree on Italy’s position alongside Kiev. If Ukraine ends, the European dream risks ending, a right state on the part of the Democratic Party take the side of those who have had victims and losseswhose attacked and bombed says Bonaccini. And then he adds: The EU – he underlined – must make an effort to achieve peace. Schlein also hopes for a diplomatic solution: it was right to support the Ukrainian people to defend ourselves against a criminal attack but we cannot wait for the last gun to fall to arrive at peace. There is no left without a strong mobilization for peace. I don’t think war is resolved with weapons.

The Cospito case

And the Cospito case also breaks into the TV debate. Right now i wouldn’t go to see Cospito in prison, but I defend the choice of the parliamentarians to have done so, explains Schlein. The regime of 41 bis it’s okay what it is woe if it were removed Bonaccini clarifies. Anyone in prison must be guaranteed the right to health just as parliamentarians have the right and duty to visit prisoners. If I would go to see Cospito today? No adds.