The four PD candidates together for Majorino. “Danger” Renzism, no leader in Lazio-Corriere.it

Despite the pre-congress quarrels and disputes, tomorrow all four candidates of the Democratic Party for the secretariat will be in Milan to support Pier Francesco Majorino. There will also be Enrico Letta who should already be in Brianza today to support the dem candidate in Lombardy. And Alessio D’Amato? A video connection with Milan is being considered, but the big names will not be in Garbatella where the health councilor will close the electoral campaign.

The fact that in Lazio the dem leaders will desert is not a trivial detail. They prefer to bet on Majorino who they support together with the 5 stars and find it difficult to participate in a campaign where their candidate is also supported by the third pole. D’Amato was yesterday with Matteo Renzi and Luciano Nobili at his closing rally, with Carlo Calenda.

The dem, partly for fear of attributing themselves a defeat that they fear will be of greater magnitude compared to the Lombard one, partly because Renzism has become – inappropriately claims a more than authoritative leader of the Democratic Party – one of the themes of the campaign for the primaries, they prefer to keep to themselves. The problem between the Democratic Party and the Third Pole remains even where, as in Lazio, there is a common candidate. In fact, negotiations between the dem and Action on the role of Calenda in the final rally were still in full swing yesterday. Will he be able to stand on stage and speak or will D’Amato and the mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri leave the scene?

Therefore, Lombardy for the four candidates for the secretariat. But also bring them all together l wasn’t easy. The first to propose a common initiative was Gianni Cuperlo. That he had also indicated a date: the 10th. The other three had given their go-ahead. Stefano Bonaccini however had asked for a change of day, after which he adapted and changed his agenda to be present tomorrow. But until yesterday afternoon no one, starting with Cuperlo, knew if it would go through. The definitive green light from Elly Schlein was missing, which arrived in the evening. After all, it could not have been otherwise, because for the leader of Occupy Pd, motivating a refusal, especially for an initiative in support of Majorino, which one of his sponsors, would have been complicated.

So, while the other candidates already feared that everything would blow up, Schlein said yes. Even if, in truth, Cuperlo had taken it philosophically and ironically: They are still evaluating the position to take on the Occhetto turn. Everyone in Lombardy, therefore, despite Majorino’s gaffe, who declared yesterday: My region is not Calabria, it has great potential and a lot of people are busy. Evidently the Democratic Party candidate has forgotten the far from small number of Calabrians living in Lombardy. And the president of Calabria Roberto Occhiuto has not forgiven him: An idiot, leave politics alone and go to work. And in the afternoon, with the omelette done, Majorino apologized.