Insularity will soon enter the Italian Constitution, "but only if the legislature reaches 2023". Luigi Zanda, a long-time Sardinian parliamentarian, senator of the Democratic Party and member of the national leadership of the dem, is convinced of this.
Lawyer, born in Cagliari in '42, he entered the Senate in the 2003 supplementary rounds in the ranks of the Margherita. It will not come out anymore, confirmed in all the legislatures: in 2006 always with the Margherita and in the subsequent elections of 2008, 2013 and 2018 with the Democratic Party.
Recently Zanda presented a bill on the Quirinale which has aroused "malevolent" interpretations on its alleged desire to offer an "assist" to Mattarella for re-election.
At L'Unione Sarda the Senator talks about the main issues of national politics and the island: from the frayed center-left to the Quirinale, from the 101 that sank Prodi to yesterday's general strike on which the Democratic Party was quite "cold".
Senator Zanda, how do you see this broad center-left camp? Letta tries, but M5S, Renzi and Calenda don't really get along ...
“The political system is fragmented, even on the right. So it is crucial to create large fields and make alliances. Calenda and Renzi are naturally in the center-left, they were elected in the Democratic Party. So M5S and LeU must be welcoming, but also on the part of Renzi and Calenda there is a need for a clear will and consistent behavior. It is a political duty to choose ”.
Conte, launched by the Democratic Party for the supplementary rounds of central Rome, did not run as a candidate after the opposition of Renzi and Calenda. Was he wrong?
“I respect the reasons, which I do not know, which led Conte not to run. But I say that the leader of a large party should stay in Parliament ”.
You have presented a bill on the prohibition of re-election of the President of the Republic and the abolition of the blank semester, some have interpreted it as the desire to ask for a last re-election in Mattarella, and the Quirinale himself has filtered out his "amazement". Can you explain us?
“The bill will be discussed after the election of our President, that was definitely not our intention. We did not want to put pressure on Mattarella, who is not a person who gives in to pressure. These bad interpretations of the bill surprised me as well as the Quirinale ”.
Prime Minister Draghi: better at Palazzo Chigi until 2023 or at the Quirinale?
“The Italians are fed up with unlikely predictions about names, I don't answer questions about names until the eve. Better to talk about profiles ".
Let's talk about profiles ...
“He must be a democrat, pro-European and Atlanticist. A balanced and independent person who protects the national interest. Like everyone else, the President also has his own political ideas, but he must know how to control them and show equidistance just like Sergio Mattarella did ".
Another name, Berlusconi. Could the Democratic Party vote for it?
"The Democratic Party will not vote for it, secretary Letta has already expressed the party's position".
Seven years ago in 101 of the Democratic Party they ditched Prodi, could history be repeated?
“The snipers who sank Prodi are the most disqualifying episode of Italian politics that I remember. It would be very serious if the Democratic Party was not united again in an important moment such as the election of the President of the Republic.
General strike yesterday, the Democratic Party was rather cold. What do you think?
“The strike is a sacred and inviolable right, but on the merits I disagree for three reasons. For the difficult phase that the country is going through, for the pandemic and because the government's maneuver is expansive and contains measures of strong social value ”.
Ddl Zan, who ditched it?
"With the secret ballot it is impossible to say who voted against".
Now the euthanasia bill is under discussion, will it end up the same?
“I don't make any predictions, but I hope for quick approval. We are 20-30 years late to settle a matter that needs a law. A civilized country without a law on the subject does not work, the Constitutional Court has also asked us to ”.
Given the last votes in Parliament, someone on the left says that Renzi is now in the center-right. Does she say so too?
"I do not say. I'm just saying that it would be very serious politically if the former secretary of the Democratic Party, who became head of the government on the recommendation of the Democratic Party, passed to the center-right ".
Vaccines, better the obligation or is the current reinforced Green pass okay?
"The percentage of vaccinated people is very high, I believe that the government is right to continue along this path of the Green pass".
Have you been vaccinated?
"Yup".
Insularity in the Constitution, will there be definitive approval by the end of the legislature?
“I think so, the measure was approved by a large majority so I don't think there will be problems. There are times, but only if the legislature reaches 2023 ".
Air Italy, viable the path of a Sardinian company as the Region would like?
“In Europe the airlines are decreasing, there have been numerous mergers in recent years. We are talking about a sector that requires major investments, I don't think the regional dimension can be the right one ”.
How do you judge the work of the Solinas Council?
“I don't want to make judgments. I'm just saying that Sardinia is such a beautiful, extraordinary region that it must reassure the rest of the country that among its priorities are the defense of the environment, the sea, the hinterland and culture ”.
And how?
“There is a project by several economists led by Professor Termini made by Enel and the University of Roma Tre which provides for green electrification for the island, made entirely from renewable sources, within ten years. And the ecological reorganization of the seven great Sardinian ports. Here, I think Sardinia should pursue these projects ".