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From 12 this morning the Democratic Party no longer accepts new members.
Those who have the card in their pocket will be able to participate in the voting circles for candidates for the Secretariat, those who don't are outside the constituent path.
And the excluded person who has been talked about a lot in recent days is
Dino Giarrusso
, the former M5s MEP who had surprised everyone with the announcement of his entry into the party.
For Stefano Vaccari the regulation is clear: "Those who are elected in other groups, and not only in the European Parliament, cannot register: it is article 15 on membership".
The head of the Dem Organization therefore writes the last word in the case, the aftermath of which has been felt to date.
Last, in order of appearance, Matteo Renzi's attack: "By letting the former grillino dictate the line, the PD officially becomes a former reformist".
But Vaccari reassured everyone: "There's no danger that Giarrusso will take the card, I'm also telling Alessandro Gassmann".
Who had spent himself in a harsh invective on social media.
Those who do not yet have a card but will instead be able to discuss in Dem circles are those enrolled in Art.1
.
On one condition, however: to have signed the commitment to adhere to the membership of the "New PD" by today, once the constituent process has been concluded.
Of the approximately 13,000 registered in Art.1, the protagonists of "family reunification", according to parliamentary sources, are 9,000 in all. So far, the only number leaked by a highly confidential national Commission for Congress.
There is no trace of other last-minute accessions from the ranks of the ex-pentastellati.
"I am not aware of requests to this effect", comments Vaccari in Transatlantico, which
also silences the rumors about the possible entrances of former ministers Di Maio and Spadafora
.
For the total number of new members, however, we will have to wait at least for February 2, they say from the Nazarene.
The technical time to receive and merge communications from the clubs, where memberships continue for those who were already in the Democratic Party last year.
Waiting for the large numbers, Vaccari tries to instill confidence: "The final datum will be the answer to the Cassandras, to tell the truth some even within our own community, who advocated a dead and buried party".
The deputy is certain of "a significant figure, albeit down compared to the over 320,000 registered in 2021".
While we await the data on the new pieces of the Pd puzzle, some important documents have already been filed:
the motions of the four candidates in the race for the secretariat
.
Once the programs have been filed, the campaign can now get underway.
Between circles and squares.