The moment of sharp turns in the history of the League, one inside the other. Thus, it turns out that the unfortunate electoral result contains an equally painful one at the historical level. The carousel of numbers does not hand over the seat to Umberto Bossi, who will not be in Parliament after 35 years. And he, through his staff, leaks his line, “the people of the North must be heard”, after a “clear and unambiguous” message arrived from Sunday’s appointment. Another bitter letter, which joins the one, earlier in the day, from Roberto Maroni, who has been away from active politics for some time, but who in the newspaper, in his column, writes that a new leader would be needed for the League. “I would know who to elect as the new secretary. But for now, I don’t name names.’ Roberto Castelli, former Minister of Justice in the second Berlusconi administration, also says: “I am strongly critical of the Salvini secretariat”, he said speaking to “Un Giorno da Pecora”. With this weather, in the early afternoon, we set off for the federal council on Via Bellerio. That, in the almost four hours of duration, gradually offers an inversion of sensations in relation to the premises. There is a photo of the group that filters inside, all sitting, smiling. The leader, Matteo Salvini, seated in the front row, next to Veneto president Luca Zaia (who the day before yesterday called for a serious reflection on the result and the harshest criticism of the secretary’s leadership came from his region). And then there is what transpires from partisan sources, when more than two hours have passed since the opening of the organization’s work. The discussion is “frank”, they say, but the convergence has emerged in the leadership of Matteo Salvini, who is not in discussion.
One more hour and a new communication from headquarters: yes to the continuation of the congress season, first of all. And then a lot about the government. First, the League is expected to request the inclusion of the issue of autonomy on the agenda of the first Council of Ministers. And this is in evident adherence to the centrality of the theme that Luca Zaia underlined last week in Pontida. Another aspect that appears is the conviction of being able to “recover consensus thanks to the results” that the League “will obtain in the center-right government, and Matteo Salvini will play a fundamental role”. To specify what this means, thinks Riccardo Molinari, leader of the outgoing group in the Chamber and one of the names closest to the secretary, once the meeting is over, meeting journalists outside the office. “The request of the entire federal board – he observes – is that our secretary Matteo Salvini be the protagonist of the next government structure, a strong minister”. This, he says, “is not a warning to Giorgia Meloni, but an obvious request, as we are allies and we won the elections together. We are the second party in the coalition and it seems natural to me that the Lega is asking for its leader to be part of the government. So if he’s deputy prime minister, we’ll see him. Today’s request is that he be part of the government with an important role”. He then specifies: “I think everyone agrees that these requests be heeded so that a party that has won the elections along with its allies can express the ministers it thinks about.” Molinari then also makes a passage on Salvini’s leadership, specifying what has already leaked: the role, he says, “has never been up for discussion”.
The same position is expressed by Marco Zanni, who leads the League team in the European Parliament. “Salvini is the leader of the League and will continue to be. We started again, there is a government to do and we need to understand how to do it better”. Therefore, three fundamental points emerge from the meeting: cohesion in the government’s vision, confirmation of leadership and, in fact, congresses. This last instance seems to have come from the Presidents of the Region. Among them, the Friulian Fedriga, always on the way out, says: “It went very well, we are going to hold regional conferences”. And for those who ask you a dry “Salvini yes or no?” he answers: «Salvini yes». Lombard colleague Attilio Fontana says the council “went very well”. Giancarlo Giorgetti and Massimiliano Romeo make no statements while Maurizio Fugatti, president of Trentino, gives an eloquent thumbs up. Now, therefore, the broadly projected attention to the government team.
Source: IL Tempo
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