«Never put us in tow»- Corriere.it

No, there was no redde rationem. Nobody wanted it, after all. The minority is convinced that it can gain negotiating space from Schlein difficulty
so no direct confrontation. But it’s there
first time in the history of the Democratic Party that those who have been at the helm for only a few months receive so much criticism from the Directorate
. It had never happened before. Not even with the divisive pur
Matthew Renzi
.

There are those who use the soft tone, like
Stefano Bonacciniand who, for example Lorenzo Guerini, it’s harder. So in the end, in order not to send the image of a split party outside, Schlein, after a frantic negotiation, agrees not to put his report to the vote (“We can’t vote for you”, Bonaccini explains to him) but only the seven points on which the secretary intends to mobilize the Democratic Party, in order to have the yes of all or almost all.

The Directorates had been closing for years with the vote on the secretary’s report. So the discontent is there and it shows. As evidenced by the spills of some. Sensational, or silent, like that of the former secretary of the CGIL pensioners Carla Canton, deputy in the last legislature. In the background, the decision of the supporters of the “governor” of Emilia-Romagna to call a “convention” on 22 and 23 July, perhaps in Cesena, to structure the area. Not the birth of a «correntone» (the secretary will also be invited, to demonstrate that there is no hostile intent) but we are close. Remarks and criticisms, however, seem to bounce off a rubber wall: Schlein has every intention of going ahead according to his plans.

Bonaccini is among the first to speak: «I don’t think that with the February congress we archived the majority vocation because if that were the case we would have archived the Democratic Party. It is not with minority approaches that we send the right to the opposition”. And again: “I say to the secretary that if unitary management must be discussed more and better than what has been done so far, because a large party, which is something different from a movement, only in this way keeps itself out of current logic”. She agrees with participating in demonstrations by others “but we must be the driving force, never get in tow.”

Then it’s up to Alessandro Alfieri, who spares no criticism of the secretary. So Gianni Cuperlo he addresses the leader thus: «We have a climb to do in the mountains, it is better to do it in a roped party and not believe that whoever is behind is ballast». And it’s George Gori

to introduce the theme of justice: gets applause when he mentions Enzo Tortora. And he continues: “Faced with proposals that are not perfect but that mark a change, we cannot stop at just a reflection dictated by our being in the opposition”. In short, Gori invites the Democratic Party to discuss the “merit” of the Nordio bill and not to say a preliminary no to the abolition of the abuse of office. THEMatteo Orfini also intervenes: «The secretary trusts the Democratic Party, which is a complicated and plural party and therefore must be managed with the effort of the political leadership ». Hard speech of Pina Picierno. For the vice president of the European Parliament, “participating in the M5S demonstration was a mistake”.

Guerini speaks among the last: «On the choice to participate in the M5S demonstration – underlines the president of Copasir – I have already publicly expressed what I think. The words spoken about Ukraine are indecent and unacceptable for our party. It is a decisive question because the war in Ukraine is changing history”. Then, as he is about to close his speech, Guerini launches the last stab: «Secretary, the final part of your report was uselessly controversial. Drivers must take charge of the complexities of our community. And the dialectic, if loyal, even when it is harsh, is never lese majesty».

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