Pd, Madia attacks Serracchiani: "Masked co-optation for group leader"

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March 27, 2021 "Debora is an authoritative person. But it is a question of co-optation in disguise".

Marianna Madia writes this in a letter to the deputies of the Democratic Party, regarding the appointment of the new group leader, and referring to Debora Serracchiani, her "rival" for the position.

"This distance between form and substance is not healthy: not following what we say our behavior I think is one of the causes of why we are no longer able to express the expansive vocation of our party - underlines Madia -. I cannot deny the human displeasure. for what happened. It is not a problem only of this passage, but more generally of how to do politics: thanks to the secretary Enrico Letta we are discussing it right now in the circles, where the militants are confronting themselves with great vitality, hoping that their contribution is not thwarted by a lack of radicalism in the behavior of the ruling class ".

"I think that today the female leadership cannot dissociate itself from fighting at every moment to fill the democratic void that hypocrisies and truths removed from discussion are digging towards, if we do not rebel, a point of no return. The road is still very long, but also the determination to follow it. Whatever happens, it will be nice. We are free people. And from here begins a different story ", concludes Madia.

"For me and Letta the competition was not a problem. I did not invite anyone to apply and no one not to do so because it would have been disrespectful of freedom. I expressed my opinion on what I will vote to those who asked it, however, saying my esteem for both. I did not negotiate also because I would say that I have already done my part. And perhaps I do not deserve accusations of non-transparent maneuvers or power given that I wanted to give up that power by immediately my assignment. Certain words hurt me extremely because they do not correspond to reality and because they come from a person I have always esteemed. I believe and hope that it is bitterness and, let me be allowed, my personal and political history speaks for me ".

Graziano Delrio writes it in a letter to the deputies of the Democratic Party after that of Marianna Madia.

"Although reluctantly, I cannot avoid expressing myself on the letter that Marianna sent us, at least for the part that touches me and involves me personally.

The consideration that is due to a colleague

obliges me to do so.

of recognized value that he has held government positions, and the current circumstance that sees us both candidates for the presidency of our group. A situation that I live with absolute serenity and in total transparency, honored indeed to compete with a colleague like Marianna ".

Thus began a letter from Debora Serracchiani sent to all the deputies of the Pd group of the Chamber, after her colleague Marianna Madia, in one of her letters, had written to the dem deputies on the question of choosing the next group leader in the Chamber.

"I omit all shared considerations on the difficult work that awaits us - continues Serracchiani - to change and make our party more and more competitive, and on the commitment

we will be burdened with to bring to the Chamber the strong demands expressed by Secretary Letta. I really have a soul and a screwdriver: I fully recognize myself and feel this

operational

attitude

and the desire to experience myself personally. I have always done it. Even at the risk of finding myself in uncomfortable positions or being criticized: I also know this ".

"All the more reason I cannot believe that Marianna intends to refer to me - writes Serracchiani - as a co-optable person and therefore, I should suppose, not autonomous. No,

autonomy has been the key to my personal and political history, and also when I was next to someone I did it loyally, sharing ideas and maintaining freedom of judgment.

Who knows, recognizes me. And I care a lot about this little heritage of mine, because authenticity and frankness are my values ​​that I bring to my party as a dowry and I offer to my fellow deputies.

So I hope that, if ever any shadows or misunderstandings may have touched Marianna, they will be immediately dispelled ".

"Let's face each other without mortgages and without retro-thoughts - adds Serracchiani - knowing that each one represents herself and that each colleague of the group will decide in full freedom. I know our colleagues, whom I have seen working in the classroom and in commissions over the years, with passion and responsibility. , and I am sure that no one would be imposed on top-down candidates. And truly, in the end, we will all be richer because - she concludes - we will have taken a step forward all together ".