Like the little Buddha, Andrea Orlando is also predestined. And of course, from a very young age, in practice since he was elected to the city council in La Spezia. The city where he was born, and where a few months following the happy event he joined the Communist Youth Federation, becoming, in no time at all, city secretary. Timing is in fact one of his most evident qualities, from when he began to set his sights on some position (especially ministerial), to which he seemed inevitably drawn. In short, the right man in the right place, ça va sans dire. On the other hand, he is lucky to find so many talent scouts on his path. Like Piero Fassino, who discovered him in the Ligurian “cantera” and appointed him head of organization in the Democrats of the Left. Or like Walter Veltroni, who promoted him as spokesman in the newborn Democratic Party, him, who at 55 years old, in the news interviews, still lowers his gaze. Or, like Pier Luigi Bersani, who discovers his aptitude for justice issues, making it possible, some time later, to realize a puberty dream. Sitting as Keeper of the Seals (Renzi-Gentiloni governments) at Palmiro Togliatti’s desk.
Someone like that, the little Buddha of the “gulf of poets”, is now a bit in a tight spot, Elly Schleiin wants him to run in her Liguria by all means. He was even flattered at first, then thinking regarding it better, he is looking for an escape route, another name that can take charge of the “trouble”. A search that does not annoy the Nazarene, in fact publicly the handsome “dark” does not exclude the path, in interviews with the Genoa news of Repubblica, he declares: “I am available”. A cliché that all those who would like to run away say. From this point of view Andrea Orlando is a master of diversion, a joker, a talented offshoot of the ammuina. So it is worth giving Elly the impression that he has grown up, that this time he is thinking seriously regarding it, even if the former minister (in addition to justice, the environment and work), certainly cannot be considered a “prophet in his homeland”, let his reports in the regional capital be cold. Then autumn will come, he hopes, and as if by magic, the “predestined” will exit the scene, a civic representative of the area will appear, anyone, but not him, with all due respect to the secretary.
A bit like what happened in the European elections, for weeks his candidacy circulated persistently, leading the list in the North West, then when it came to the final reckoning, the La Spezia native ran away. It’s that Brussels, just like Genoa, are not worth a mass. The “golden boy” must take care of his interests in the Capital, as the leader of the Democratic left, as well as the last “communist”. A fact, which has allowed him to become Ugo Sposetti’s sidekick, in practice the vice guardian in the very rich foundation of memory. There is only one desire for which the brave Orlando would sacrifice the “good” life as an opposition MP, to become secretary of the Democratic Party sooner or later, something he has not yet succeeded in. A bit like the “Best”. A dream that he cannot share with Elly, at least for the moment.
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2024-07-12 20:13:16