"The dripping does not end. I am ashamed that in the Democratic Party, the party of which I am secretary, for 20 days we only talk about seats and primaries".
Nicola Zingaretti writes it on Facebook announcing his resignation as Pd secretary.
"Since the target is me, for the love of Italy and the party, I just have to do yet another act to unblock the situation. Now everyone will have to assume their responsibilities. In the next few hours I will write to the party president to formally resign. . The National Assembly will make the most appropriate and useful choices ".
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I am ashamed that in the Democratic Party, the party of which I am secretary, for 20 days we have only talked about seats and primaries, when the third wave of Covid is exploding in Italy,
there is the problem of work, investments and the need to rebuild a hope above all for the new generations ".
The secretary of the Democratic Party Nicola Zingaretti writes on Facebook.
"We should discuss how to support the Draghi government, a positive challenge that good politics must meet," he adds.
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I was elected just two years ago. We saved the Democratic Party and now I did everything I could to push the management team towards a new phase. I asked for frankness, collaboration and solidarity to immediately hold a
political
congress
on Italy, the our ideas, our vision ".
The secretary of the Democratic Party Nicola Zingaretti writes it on Facebook announcing his resignation.
"It was not enough. On the contrary, I was struck by the relaunch of attacks even by those who in these two years have shared all the fundamental choices we have made. People no longer listen to each other and make caricatures of positions".
"But the Democratic Party cannot stand still, bogged down for months due to a daily guerrilla war. This, yes, would kill the Democratic Party. Since the target is me, for the love of Italy and the party, I just have to do it. yet another act to unblock the situation. Now everyone will have to assume their responsibilities ", he adds.
"I did my part, I hope that now the Democratic Party will come back to talk about the problems of the country and to work to solve them. To everyone, militants, members and voters, an immense hug and thanks", he concludes.
"I hope that Zingaretti's resignation will not be a problem for the government: we need everything except problems".
Thus the leader of the League, Matteo Salvini, leaving Palazzo Giustiniani.
Luigi Di Maio also comments.
"What do I think? I worked with Nicola for months. He is a decent person", the Foreign Minister said over the phone from ANSA.
CHOC IN THE PARTY, ALL IN THE DARK
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Shock
between leaders and parliamentarians after the announcement of the secretary Nicola Zingaretti that he wants to resign.
No one, explain several exponents including the majority, had been informed of the leader's decision.
There was waiting for the national assembly of 13 March to understand how to deal with internal tensions and the request of the minority to hold the congress, which the Pd secretary had already rejected in the last direction.
But no one imagined such a striking gesture on the part of the secretary.
S
orpresa former Prime Minister Enrico Letta
, a guest in the video link to the online presentation of a book by economist Laura Plumes.
"I was struck, for a moment perplexed by what is happening," said Letta, apologizing for having briefly distracted himself reading the news, while another speaker spoke.
"In such a serious and difficult moment for the country, the Democratic Party needs Nicola, who has always listened to everyone, to remain at the head of the party. The internal debate is physiological and must not be exasperated. Let's find the way together".
This was declared by the group leader of the Dems in the Chamber
Graziano Delrio
, interviewed by telephone by ANSA after the resignation of Nicola Zingaretti from the secretariat of the Democratic Party.
