The leader of the Democratic Party, Enrico Letta, has taken a step back after its electoral debacle in the Italian elections and the victory of the far-right and neo-fascist Giorgia Meloni and has announced that will leave the leadership of the party at the next conference in March.
Letta, whose party center left has remained below 20% of the votes, has recognized that “Italians have clearly chosen the right and there will be a right-wing government.” “It’s a sad day for Italy, for Europe and hard days await us,” he said at a press conference on Monday.
The PD leader has stated that he has done everything possible to build a “credible alternative” on the right “for our values and for an idea of Italy and our future” but stressed that his party is the second force of the country and the first of the opposition.
[“Dios, patria y familia”, el lema fascista con el que Giorgia Meloni gobernará Italia]
Opposition “tough and uncompromising”
Despite the poor results of her match, Letta has promised that they will be a “hard and uncompromising” opposition and that they will not allow “Italy to leave the heart of Europe and European values” after the arrival of the extreme right to power.
But for Letta, the blame is shared. And it is that she has accused the President of the 5 Star Movement, Giuseppe Conte, of having brought down the Government of Mario Draghi “which has led to the arrival of the right” and also accused the rest of the progressive political forces of having “worked against” the Democratic Party.
Enrico Letta took the reins of the PD just over a year ago and as a “gesture of love for this party” has announced the convening of a congress in which a new leader will be elected to be the alternative government in Italy.
Result of the elections in Italy.
post-fascism wins
The parties of the Italian right have clearly prevailed in the legislative elections held this Sunday with a support of 43.84% well ahead of the left.
The far-right and neo-fascist Giorgia Melonileader of the Brothers of Italy party, has won a landslide victory and will be prime minister with 26.03% of the votes.
[Giorgia Meloni y el hobbit: la pasión por ‘El Señor de los Anillos’ de la primera mujer que liderará Italia]
The conservative bloc, which also includes the League of Matteo Salvini and the Forza Italia party of Silvio Berlusconi, He has won the elections this Sunday with a range of between 41% and 45% of the votes, a sufficient advantage to control the lower house and the Senate. The coalition led by Meloni obtains between 227 and 257 of the 400 seats in Parliament, and between 114 and 126 of the 200 seats in the Senate.
The left has collapsed and Letta’s PD has achieved 19.07% of the vote.
