Rome, Nov. 14 (LaPresse) – “I am leaving Azione and will return to the PD” because I am “disappointed” by Azione’s “genetic mutation”, having been transformed by Carlo Calenda into a party “increasingly close to the right”. Alessio D’Amato, former Lazio regional health councillor, who had previously left the Democrats to join Azione, explained this in an interview with Repubblica. However, he said, “I no longer wish to commit myself to this project. For over a year, I have been working in Rome to build the conditions for Azione to support Mayor Roberto Gualtieri’s re-election bid. Calenda has always worked to undo what had been built, like Penelope’s web. The issue is political: he is looking to the right, and this is unjustifiable to me.” According to D’Amato, “continuing to denigrate one’s political interlocutors inevitably leads to a breakdown. One day he attacks PD secretary Elly Schlein, another day Goffredo Bettini. It is difficult to build an alliance like that.” D’Amato believes that sooner or later Calenda could end up in the centre-right camp: “Yes, either directly or in two stages, after the elections, once the parliamentary threshold has been cleared. Perhaps acting as a spare wheel if Meloni runs into difficulties with Matteo Salvini.” “Today,” he stressed, “a choice has to be made. Meloni’s centre-right is Trumpian in nature. This is no time for equidistance. In any case, I don’t think Carlo is really in the middle. Out of ten statements, nine are against progressive forces and one, made for appearances’ sake, is against the government.”
Centre-left, D’Amato leaves Azione: “I’m returning to the PD, this is no time for equidistance”
Rome, Nov. 14 (LaPresse) – “I am leaving Azione and will return to the PD” because I am “disappointed” by Azione’s “genetic mutation”, having been transformed by Carlo Calenda into a party “increasingly close to the right”. Alessio D’Amato, former Lazio regional health councillor, who had previously left the Democrats to join Azione, explained this in an interview with Repubblica. However, he said, “I no longer wish to commit myself to this project. For over a year, I have been working in Rome to build the conditions for Azione to support Mayor Roberto Gualtieri’s re-election bid. Calenda has always worked to undo what had been built, like Penelope’s web. The issue is political: he is looking to the right, and this is unjustifiable to me.” According to D’Amato, “continuing to denigrate one’s political interlocutors inevitably leads to a breakdown. One day he attacks PD secretary Elly Schlein, another day Goffredo Bettini. It is difficult to build an alliance like that.” D’Amato believes that sooner or later Calenda could end up in the centre-right camp: “Yes, either directly or in two stages, after the elections, once the parliamentary threshold has been cleared. Perhaps acting as a spare wheel if Meloni runs into difficulties with Matteo Salvini.” “Today,” he stressed, “a choice has to be made. Meloni’s centre-right is Trumpian in nature. This is no time for equidistance. In any case, I don’t think Carlo is really in the middle. Out of ten statements, nine are against progressive forces and one, made for appearances’ sake, is against the government.”