Lombardia, Moratti: “There was an agreement with Fontana for the handover”. The governor: “False, is he with us or against us?”. And the League: “Go ahead with him, who changes their minds, step aside

The first grain for the new center-right majority comes from Lombardya region in which voting will be resumed in March 2023. Letizia Moratti announced that he will not accept a post in the new government led by Giorgia Meloni. The reason? He intends to run for the presidency of the Region. A job that, from what she claims, was practically promised to her by the current governor Attilio Fontana. But, until two days ago, he reiterated that he was ready to reapply to the regional of March 2023. And now he replies to the words of his vice president, backed by League. An explosive situation that risks jeopardizing the precarious internal balance of the coalition of center rightwinning exit from policies last Sunday. And already struggling with a problem, which risks even more poisoning the relations between Brothers of Italy and the Carroccio, which are already tense in these days of negotiations for the composition of the government. But let’s go in order.
Moratti’s accusation – Moratti, interviewed by Marco Damilano, ignited the debate on the Lombardy regionals. “I was called by President Fontana in a difficult moment and I accepted for responsibility and love for my region, with the parallel commitment of a passing of the baton at the end of the term ”, the current Vice President of the Region told on Rai3. The reference is to when in January 2021, in the middle of the second wave of Covid, he agreed to join the council as vice president and councilor for Welfare. “I have worked and work consistently to that commitment but consistently to those indications I have also built a civic network. Mine is not a self-nomination but an availabilityit’s different ”, Moratti underlined, explaining that he didn’t move independently. Indeed, she added, there were those who explicitly asked her to move towards the candidacy for the Regionals. Who are you referring to? “For institutional confidentialityuntil the center right he will not clarify his position I will not say who ”, said the former Minister of Education. Which for this reason is said to be unavailable for a ministerial office – there was talk of Health – in a future government of Giorgia Meloni. “I would be honored but I would not accept. I think I can add more value here in my region, ”she said. “I hope to be able to contribute to a positioning of my region – she added – which is also the engine of the country from an economic and innovation point of view. Helping Lombardy means serving the country. And I think it is more common for me to continue ”.
Fontana’s replica – Explosive statements those of the former mayor of Milan, which provoke the replica of Fontana, pulled directly into dance. “At this point, I am asking Letizia Moratti for a clear and definitive clarification, starting in the next few hours: because it is one thing to engage in politics, another to play on people’s repute and administer without knowing which side you want to be on: with us or against us“, Says the president of Lombardy. Which then denies the reconstruction of the former mayor of Milan: “Contrary to what you said, I’ve never promised anyone a handover at the end of my term. It is a prerogative of the parties, then as now. It was neither then nor today in my availability ”. Just two days ago, among other things, Fontana reiterated that he was certain in his reappointment to governordespite the outcome of the policies, with Fdi it has surpassed the League also in Lombardy. “I’ve already said everything there was to say. I don’t think anything has changed, I don’t think there are any news – explained the Northern League player – I think I can say as I was told individually by the representatives of the 4 coalition parties that I will be candidate“.
The aut aut of the Lega in Lombardy – In support of the current governor comes his party, with Fabrizio Cecchetti, Lombard coordinator of the League: “There is amazement and bewilderment for a councilor like Letizia Moratti who has worked and is working in a center-right junta, but who for months has announced that she wants to run as candidates with other parties, perhaps even supported by the left. With consistency, you draw the consequences immediately ”, says the number one of the Carroccio in Lombardy. “With all the challenges that await the Lombardy Region in the coming months, we have no time to waste with doubts, controversies or personal ambitions – continues Cecchetti -. Forward with Attilio Fontana and his team, rewarded for over 50% of the votes even last Sunday. If anyone has changed their mind or team step aside“.
The center-right chaos – Someone, however, seems to be playing a double game since according to Moratti there were those who clearly asked her to move for prepare your application. “I’m on the pitch with one civic network but I consistently await a decision by the entire coalition of the center right“, Added the current vice president of Lombardy. “I have said in a fair and consistent way that I am expecting one decision from the center-right which I think should be definitive, naturally after the executive was formed “but” I also worked on a civic network that I built, listening to different worlds from industry to the third sector, to build a program“. Before the policies, the candidacies for the Regionals had been the subject of a real negotiation between the forces of the center-right. In the end it was decided to assign the Sicily to Come on Italy (Renato Schifani, chosen by Meloni among the Berlusconians in a shortlist of three names, was elected three days ago), Lazio a Brothers of Italy (voting in March) and leave Lombardy to the League. An agreement that, after the outcome of Sunday’s vote, seems to be destined to be re-discussed. Certainly after Moratti’s statements. Which among other things become an assist for the opposition: “We are facing an indecent spectacle offered by two sides of the same coin. Their power struggle must be ended by giving voters the opportunity to send them home in the spring. For this we don’t have much time left and we have to field a broad alliance and candidate in a few weeks, ”he says Pierfrancesco MajorinoMEP of the Democratic Party.