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Azione’s Support Conditions for Regional Candidacy
Azione can ally itself with the broad field despite differences, supporting a candidacy from Avs, Pd, and M5S under three fundamental conditions.
First, critical infrastructure projects needed in Liguria must be prioritized. Second, electoral campaigns should refrain from tactics resembling gallows-like justice. Third, a culture of governance is essential once elections are won.
The leader of Azione, Charles Calenda, communicates this message in an interview with “Secolo XIX” to Andrea Orlando and the wider broad field. Azione is poised to support Orlando’s candidacy for president of the Region, on the premise that the former Democratic minister acts as a “guarantor” to uphold these three programmatic conditions.
Regarding Azione’s involvement in the broad field, Calenda expresses his candid perspective: “We are not in the broad field. We are in the center. If a coalition forms, it will be between the center and the broad field. The PD and others will manage alliances, it isn’t our responsibility. After all, Italia Viva has recently characterized the national and Ligurian broad field negatively, and now they must clarify this change to their voters.”
“We do not veto names; I have governed with Orlando,” he continues. “However, we diverge on several national issues, from justice to Ukraine. Our responsibility is to find common ground on local matters that do not involve divisive national issues. Thus, we require clarity on the alliance’s stance regarding our three conditions.”
On the subject of the corruption investigation involving Toti, Calenda states: “We advocate for strict guarantees; other members of the broad field have campaigned relying on investigations. It’s worth noting that Lega and Fratelli d’Italia have similarly reversed their roles in other cases. I find it barbaric to link Toti’s house arrest to the call for his resignation. Four years of eavesdropping and surveillance evoke comparisons to East Germany. However, this does not imply that I condone Toti’s methods of securing financing from concessionaires, which I find profoundly unethical and politically unacceptable. Transparency requires legislation, and I am not aware of any other political party advocating for such measures,” concludes Calenda.
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Azione’s Support Conditions for Regional Candidacy
Azione can ally itself with the broad field despite differences, supporting a candidacy from Avs, Pd,
and M5S under three fundamental conditions.
-
Critical infrastructure projects needed in Liguria must be prioritized.
-
Electoral campaigns should refrain from tactics resembling gallows-like justice.
-
A culture of governance is essential once elections are won.
The leader of Azione, Charles Calenda, communicates this message in an interview with “Secolo XIX” to
Andrea Orlando and the wider broad field. Azione is poised to support Orlando’s candidacy for president.
