Licia Ronzulli, leader of Forza Italia in the Senate, was a guest on the July 20 edition of In Onda, the La7 talk show hosted by Luca Telese and Marianna Aprile. Journalists ask the senator if there is a possibility of seeing Matteo Renzi in Forza Italia and a surprise answer arrives: “We have received many requests to join. Why not?”. “So could there be Renzi in Forza Italia?” the hosts ask the guest, who replies: “No, there can’t be – specifies Ronzulli – I’m using the third hypothetical period of unreality. We opened, Chinnici joined our party, he came from the Democratic Party. It means that he had the necessary qualities and that he decided to embrace our political manifesto. If Renzi decides to become a forced man on the road to Damascus… He must understand what he wants to do when he grows up. But I’m not here to talk about Renzi”.
“Isn’t Marina Berlusconi a political subject? Giorgia Meloni stated the obvious. Marta Fascina? She closed herself in a moment of pain, her silence must be respected. I hope he can return soon to make his contribution as a deputy” continued Ronzulli, who then focused on the leadership of the blue party: “The choice of Antonio Tajani to take over the direction of Forza Italia was natural: he was a co-founder of our party and was its national coordinator. I don’t know if there will be other candidates in the congress, the congress season hasn’t opened yet. For us, everything is new and the path is long. We need a regiment, we need to hold the municipal congresses, then the provincial ones and finally get to the national one for the election of the secretary. Forza Italia must transform itself from a ruling party into a participatory political movement, reopening the processes of internal democracy. We are all used to being legitimized from above. Now we must gather legitimacy from below and proceed under the banner of unity, collegiality and harmony.”
And then, at the end of the interview, her cell phone rings live and Ronzulli smiles, but she’s obviously worried: “It’s the burglar alarm in the house, I have to worry about that.”
Source: IL Tempo
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