Elly Schlein arrives in Bari. For the first time after the rush to the secretariat. And it does so at the most delicate moment for the city, both for legal matters – the latest one hit the former PD regional councilor Anita Maurodinoiainvestigated in the investigation for alleged vote swapping – and for the split in the broad field with the 5 Star Movement and the parties that support the lawyer Michele Laforgia and who rejected the primaries. However, Schlein held a rally in Piazza Umberto alongside the PD candidate Vito Leccese which remains in the running: the leader of the Greens also takes to the stage Angelo Bonellithe governor Michele Emiliano and the mayor Antonio Decaro. The dem secretary will have to answer to Giuseppe Conte, who from Bari on the morning of today 5 April invited the Democratic Party to “demonstrate that it respects other political forces and to stop with offensive attitudes”. “I invite the Democrats to withdraw the accusations of disloyalty towards us – added the five-star leader – Otherwise we will take note of it and it will be increasingly difficult to work with the Democratic Party”. Very black clouds in the broad field.
“Whoever joins the Democratic Party must find your rigorous gaze”
One of the secretary’s last thoughts to the people of Bari who participated in the demonstration in support of the mayoral candidate Vito Leccese was dedicated to the rigor of the party and its members: “Whoever joins the Democratic Party must find a metal detector in your rigorous gaze. Because we want to open, but to the right energies, not to the wrong or bought votes.”
“Baresi, show the courageous city that Leccese talks about”
“Show this Bari, because it is the courageous Bari that Vito Leccese spoke about, which rolled up its sleeves and rejected the wrong interests. It has built a better future. It does not deny the problems that exist but faces them together as a community who knows that in the end, good politics only serves to improve the future, to improve the quality of life of the people of the planet”.
Schlein’s final message: “We do not accept dirty votes”
“Our line must be very clear: we do not accept and do not want dirty votes and bought votes. We are not interested in them. We want them away. We are not immune to infiltration attempts, but we must together become immune: never allow similar things to happen”
Schlein: “The Democratic Party, a party open to the best energies”
“We want to keep the doors of the party open to the best energies. In this I ask our administrators for an extra effort: keep the transformists away. Those who move for convenience leave them there, we are fine without them”. The recommendation to the dem people who participated in the demonstration with the secretary in support of Vito Leccese.
“In Bari the center-right won’t win this time either”
“I will confirm my commitment so that the center-right does not win this time either. The courageous Bari of these twenty years will win, once again. The Bari that has defied a destiny that wanted to condemn it to being a small, irrelevant provincial city and unknown. The Bari that woke up, twenty years ago, and never wants to go back to sleep”. The words of Vito Leccese at the end of the event
Decaro and Emiliano did not participate in the rally in Leccese
Mayor Antonio Decaro and the President of the Region Michele Emiliano were also present behind the scenes, but they did not speak on stage
Schlein on premiership: “Country has already given with only one man in command”
Secretary Schlein also spoke on the premiership: “The country has already given the model of a single man or woman in command, we are not there. Do we want to give weight to the citizens’ vote? Let’s change the electoral law and give them the opportunity to choose their own representatives. Instead they hold on to the blocked lists.”
Schlein: “Bari has flourished again thanks to Decaro and Emiliano”
“Bari is a city that has been able to flourish again, it has come back to life thanks to the effort” of those who administered it and “I want to thank the mayor Antonio Decaro and the mayor who preceded him, Michele Emiliano, who tore away old habits and privileges by contrasting confectioneries. This fight is not over and indeed we need to raise our guard.” So Elly Schlein.
“You have to enter the Democratic Party with a metal detector. Keep quick-change artists away.” Schlein’s appeal
“We are not like the right, which attacks the judiciary except when it wants to exploit its work to attack good administration two months after the vote. However, we as a community must arrive first, to prevent certain things from happening, we must all work to keep away the evil. Whoever joins the Democratic Party must find a metal detector in your rigorous gaze. Because we want to open up, but to the right energies. And we must keep away the transformists, all those who are a little here and a little there, leave them there, we’re better off without them.” It’s Elly Schlein’s call from the stage
Schlein: “With Conte’s decision the right is helped. Blowing up the primaries now is a slap”
“I am here with you because, unlike others, I keep my word – continues Schlein – And I am sorry for the decision taken yesterday by Giuseppe Conte, unilaterally, because in this way they help the right. Perhaps those who started politics directly from Palazzo Chigi he is not familiar with the work and collective effort of the community, but respect must be had, and blowing up the primaries three days before the vote is a slap to those who were preparing for these primaries. It is not acceptable prejudice that those who live in Bari Vecchia cannot express a free vote”.
Schlein: “We proposed to Laforgia to find a third name but he said no”
“We are ready to support you in this challenge to lead this city, and ready to support you even if you still want to try the path of unity by dialogue with Michele Laforgia to mend the rift that they created yesterday,” added Schlein, addressing Leccese . “We proposed to Laforgia to find a third name, but he said no”.
Schlein: “We confirm all our trust and support in Leccese. We stand by him”
Elly Schlein took to the stage: “I am here as secretary of the Democratic Party to confirm all our trust and support to you,” she said in Leccese. “Vito is a good, respectable person who has always put himself at the service of his community”
Leccese to Laforgia: “Yours is an ultimatum, you don’t support unity. You are not the chosen ones”
Vito Leccese continues to harshly reply to Laforgia: “I had proposed to him that we both take a step back. It cannot be argued that the unit cannot ignore its candidacy. This is called imposition, ultimatum. You have no moral superiority to claim: you are not the chosen ones.”
Leccese: “It is inconceivable that a national leader alone decides to suspend the primaries. Go on”
“It is inconceivable that a national leader unilaterally decides to suspend the primaries, on the basis of an investigation that has nothing to do with the primary vote – candidate Vito Leccese said on stage – What is the point of canceling them? Conte should also withdraw candidates from local or European elections. There is someone who is not interested in the fate of the city of Bari, but only in a mere electoral calculation. We? Go on”.
Boccia: “When someone makes a mistake we kick them out. Schlein’s Democratic Party fights illegalities”
Francesco Boccia, president of the PD senators, on corruption: “It exists in Italy, it is a battle that must be fought in every party. Ours has no owner, he doesn’t have a family that controls him, he doesn’t have sponsors who pay. Hundreds of thousands of members are outraged when someone makes a mistake, and when that happens we kick them out. Schlein’s Democratic Party fights illegality and corruption.”
Schlein arrived in the square with Boccia and De Santis: the rally begins
PD secretary Elly Schlein arrived in the square with senator Francesco Boccia and regional secretary Domenico De Santis. Warm greeting with the president of the regional council Loredana Capone. The rally began with the music of a string quartet
Bonelli (Verdi): “Incomprehensible rupture. I trust in Fratoianni’s wisdom”
We await the arrival of Elly Schlein in Piazza Umberto in Bari. There are currently around 500 people in front of the stage. “I trust in the wisdom of Fratoianni – said the leader of the Greens Angelo Bonelli – And in the fact that Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra is a very important project. The breakdown of these primaries is absolutely incomprehensible from a political point of view, we had two respectable people running for office. We confirm our support for Vito Leccese, he alone will have to decide what to do in the next few hours.”
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