Matteo Salvini arrives unexpectedly in Pontida.
It's a surprise because just this morning the League itself announced that the deputy prime minister and minister would not be attending the Northern League event today due to a health problem: kidney stones.
"I'm feeling better," said the secretary, greeted by a standing ovation and a chant of "There's only one captain, there's only one captain" from the young League members in Pontida. " Today, they discharged me from the emergency room in Chiari, telling me, 'Today, minister, you must rest,' and you are my rest. I couldn't miss it, so maybe tonight I won't be able to sink into pizzoccheri and polenta as I would have liked, but I couldn't stay home. I wanted to be there because you are a spectacle."
Also in Pontida was the Northern League deputy secretary Roberto Vannacci: "Victimization isn't part of the right wing; it's Saviano who goes around with an escort, not me. So they're the victims. Today, if you're not a victim, you're nobody." Speaking of himself, he added: "I'm not afraid, but I'm aware of the risks. I arrange my own escort and I manage my fear because that's my belief." He concluded: "We accept the risk like strong and courageous people do, and we leave the victims to others."
(Unioneonline)