The mayor of Pesaro and coordinator of the Pd mayors Matteo Ricci withdraws from the race for the primaries for party secretary and announces his support for Stefano Bonaccini
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"He has his own platform - he said during a press conference in Pesaro - we make our ideas available, our 10-point program, to move the bar further to the left".
But he also asks that "the mayors really go ahead".
Ricci has reconstructed his path towards the primaries, made up of meetings in the territories throughout Italy, going to dinner with families, going to talk
with the disappointed", the elaboration of the ten points.
""We are currently third - he explained - and the primaries mechanism leaves no room. I told Bonaccini that two-way primaries are dangerous, because they risk dividing
them. I explained our 10 points to him, he guaranteed me that he will widen to the left with a vision more relevant to our proposals . He looked for me and wanted to discuss with me. We need solid guidance", he underlined, however defining Elly Schlein, the other candidate, "a resource".
As for his involvement in the future structure of the Democratic Party, "I didn't ask for anything, for me it is a question of political line and unity".
The coordinator of the Pd mayors also spoke with the mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella: "I told him that we really need to keep the mayors going".
The first appointment is for next Friday with a convention in Rome.
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