Sandro Ruotolo for information, Zan for rights – Corriere.it

There are 20 members of the secretariat of the Democratic Party launched by Elly Schlein. Among these, Marta Bonafoni will be the coordinator, Giovanni Gaspare Righi head of the secretariat, Peppe Provenzano at Foreign Affairs, Marco Furfaro in charge of political initiatives, Maria Cecilia Guerra at Work, Pierfrancesco Majorino at Migration Policies, Sandro Ruotolo at Information and Culture, Antonio Misiani to Economics, Irene Manzi to School, childhood education, Alessandro Zan to Rights, Alessandro Alfieri to Reforms and Pnrr, Davide Baruffi to Local Authorities, Debora Serracchiani to Justice, Camilla Laureti to Agriculture, Alfredo D’Attorre to University , Marwa Mahmoud on Participation and political formation, Annalisa Corrado on Ecological conversion. The Organization went to Igor Taruffi.

«It’s never easy to make choices, this is just the beginning, the composition of a very solid team prepared for the challenges that await us. I will not fail to identify ways to re-evaluate all the skills». The secretary of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, said it live on Instagram, announcing the appointments. “We have worked to try to build a solid team, based on renewal but also on the specific skills that we have first of all internally but also externally, with people who can make a contribution to the party”. «They were days of reflection, the goal was to have a solid team prepared for the challenges that await us». “This secretariat is a mix of openness and solidity and competence, a great job awaits us, I want to apologize for not being able to organize a real press conference, it will be my commitment to do so”. «We went a bit long. I wish everyone a happy Easter. I’ve been coming from complicated months both professionally and privately, we’ve done two campaigns in a row and I too will take a few days to rest, because I haven’t stopped since February 26th. To do all the work that awaits us with a high quality team».

«With the presentation of the secretariat, the picture of the new structure of the Democratic Party after the congress is completed. A pluralist structure, with a solid and open team, which brings together skills and innovation and which, as Elly Schlein always underlines, must always have its eyes turned towards the vast community which looks to our party with so many hopes, as moreover testified by the continuous new members of our party”. Thus the president of the senators of the Pd Francesco Boccia comments on the presentation of the new dem secretariat. «A party that must live in the institutions and in the squares – continues Boccia -, close to the people and strong in Parliament, which will work rigorously and responsibly to defeat this dangerous right and its government. A party that will make participation, internal democracy and transparency its main characteristics, as witnessed by the congress and the primaries”.