In the Democratic Party begins the era of Elly Schlein, who today was officially proclaimed secretary during the dem Assembly . A proclamation greeted by an applause lasting more than three minutes: visibly excited, Schlein immediately embraced Stefano Bonaccini and then his predecessor Enrico Letta.
Then she took the stage to speak. He thanked the militants who "made the exercise of democracy possible" and all the challengers to the congress (Bonaccini, Cuperlo and De Micheli, as well as the outgoing secretary Letta).
Here are the Sardinians elected in the national leadership of the Democratic Party: they are Giulio Calvisi, Camilla Soru and Matteo Lecis Cocco Ortu, supporters of Schlein, and Barbara Cadoni for Bonaccini. Marco Meloni entered by right because he is part of the Senate presidential office. Francesco Sanna was elected to the National Guarantee Commission.
«Those who bet on the end of the Democratic Party have lost their bet. We are still the strongest and most united, we are coming. This will be a new spring for us ,” Schlein said. To then claim that «we are different from the Meloni government, the most right-wing government in republican history . We will be humble and we will listen to the communities, especially in the face of the wrong answers of this executive, weak with the strong and strong with the weak. We want to be alongside Italy which is struggling the most . So that they can raise their heads, give themselves tools of emancipation and redemption".
Elly Schlein defined the government's behavior on Cutro as " inhuman ". Then, on alliances: " We must try to dialogue with the other opposition forces, there are common areas, we have the responsibility to explore them together, we must start from here ".
Ukraine Chapter : «Peace is not a dirty word, indeed for us on the left it must be a daily aspiration, a constant mobilisation. But it must be a just peace. You cannot be equidistant from who was attacked and who attacked. We must continue to fully support the Ukrainian people who have the right to defend themselves, but alongside this we must ask for a stronger protagonism from the EU for a political and diplomatic effort".
Economy and work : «We will block the tax reform because it increases inequalities, while we are for progressivity. We need a law on representation that sweeps away pirate contracts and , alongside this, the minimum wage », he said, to then passionately defend the basic income .
Ius soli and LGBTQ+ rights : «We stand by the new generation of Italians, for a law that says that if you were born and raised here you are Italian. No one can take away your right to feel at home, because it's already your home . For the Lgbtq+ community, the need to continue to press for a law against hate and discrimination is the minimum wage in Europe, and it is surprising that we still have to fight and discuss it. Civil and social rights go hand in hand because people who are discriminated against for who they are are also people who work, pay taxes, do business, and find it much more difficult to access services and work. They are daily stories of discrimination against which we must not sleep at night . We must ensure the rights and full recognition of the children of same-parent families, rather than picking on Peppa Pig. The safest society is the one that does not discriminate, does not marginalize, does not leave anyone behind".
No to differentiated autonomy : «Let's put the right to housing and housing back at the center, more support for rent, for social housing, to keep the climate and social issues together. And we will strongly oppose this dangerous design by Calderoli on differentiated autonomy, because it wants to divide a country that must be mended, there is no redemption of Italy without redemption of the South ».
An ecological, feminist and government left : «We will build a tough and rigorous opposition but alongside every ferocious criticism there will be an alternative proposal. We are like this, we have to do the left which can only be ecological, feminist, inclusive and of government, in its fundamental culture ».
Then a strong message to the party : «We no longer want to see irregularities in membership, we have evils to eradicate, we no longer want to see bosses and various caciques . We'll have to work a lot together on this, it affects the credibility of the Democratic Party, on which I'm not willing to give an inch. We must safeguard pluralism but without giving up a clear, understandable line. We don't need an identity showdown, but to value our differences, without being silenced by them, or making us chase ourselves with downward compromises . No more internal conflicts that take away energy ». And "from tomorrow we'll go back to work to win the next elections, I'm confident".
"I will be everyone's secretary," he claimed before proposing Stefano Bonaccini as president of the Democratic Party, precisely the rival of the new secretary in the primaries who was punctually elected almost unanimously, with one vote against and two abstentions.
"This is the time to unite, there can be no other shirts we wear other than those of the Democratic Party," said the newly elected president of the party. « We need to send home this inadequate right, whose measures are being paid by the weakest. It is a right that imposes a flat tax rather than cutting the cost of labour ".
« I don't feel like a minority or an opposition - added Bonaccini -, the Democratic Party is my home . The success of this party concerns us all, we can have different opinions and we do have some, but we will make them live in fair confrontation".
The deputy Chiara Gribaudo and the president of the Apulian regional council Loredana Capone were unanimously elected as vice-presidents of the party. The new treasurer is instead Michele Fina .
“The strength of the community, for people, for the planet” is the title of the event. 705 delegates are present, another 221 are following in connection, there are also 417 guests and 150 accredited journalists.
(Unioneonline/L)
