Elly Schlein on the Florence case: “The government legitimizes squadrist methods, Valditara should resign”

Elly Schlein across the board, interviewed by La Stampa on the Gedi channels. The candidate in the Pd primaries touches on all the issues a bit and explains that however she goes there will be no risk of a split within the Pd. «We will be happy whatever the result, my hope is to see the threshold of one million participants exceeded. Only with that wave of mobilization can change be made, the old logics swept away. If I’m secretary I’ll chase away the bosses and caciques.’

On the relationship with the other oppositions he explains: «It would be irresponsible in some areas not to abandon the logic of the extra point to collaborate and bring home results for the Italians». And he adds: «There is a strong desire for change on the left. A left that can only be an ecologist and a feminist. Mistakes have been made in the Democratic Party, if the Democratic Party is in these conditions it is because many do not recognize it as a person who fights for the last ones. It was wrong years ago to liberalize fixed-term contracts, this must be said”.

Schlein also touched on the issue of foreign policy: “Berlusconi’s statements on Ukraine are worrying, they are the result of a well-known friendship with a criminal, a dictator like Putin”.

On the case of the students attacked in Florence, he explains: «It is serious that the government is silent about the squad attack in front of the Florence high school, then criticizing a principal who speaks of anti-fascism. A government that does so legitimizes those squadron methods. Valditara should resign: he is not suitable for this role ». And again: «Stefano Bonaccini plus the candidate of the apparatus and me plus the squares? Yes, it is”.

On the reservations of the President of the Republic such as those on the Milleproroghe Schlein explains that «first of all they demonstrate how out of place and propaganda the proposal of presidentialism is. Il Colle is an institution that balances and works. Our Constitution has foreseen checks and balances that must be safeguarded».