As expected, Nicola Bonaccini formalized his candidacy for the secretariat of the Democratic Party .
"I thought I had to speak to you at this club meeting because I decided to run for secretary of the national Democratic Party," he said speaking in his club in Campogalliano, in the Modena area, and receiving an ovation from his supporters.
“It seemed right to say it first to you and to say it here. That is, to the members of my club, to my classmates and friends, to my friends in my municipality. Moreover, I was born right in front of it, in this square», added the president of the Emilia Romagna Region.
«There is so much to do and a congress will not be enough, a crossing in the desert awaits us. But we must build a Pd that wins, the season in which we are in government even if we lose is over, we paid for it », said Bonaccini, who announced his Pd, which must «define and be able to communicate its identity, with simple messages and simple language to say who we are, who we want to represent and what idea of society we have. A right-wing or M5 militant does it in 10 seconds, 20 minutes are not enough for us".
A more effective communication, therefore, "to take back the space of the centre-left". Bonaccini has announced that he will continue to be the governor of Emilia Romagna until the end of his mandate and that he will not ask for the support of any current. "I've never joined a current and I want to tell the younger ones, you can still live very well, I would say even better".
«I will ask for a special hand from mayors, local administrators, the many club secretaries who out of pure passion and spirit of service dedicate entire days of their lives to keeping communities and militants together. Also because it is quite clear to me that I will not have the support of many in the national leadership group », he concluded with a certain polemical vein.
Two others who have announced their candidacy for the Pd secretariat are Paola De Micheli and Elly Schlein , Bonaccini's deputy in Emilia Romagna.
(Unioneonline/L)