The Northern League federal
council unanimously chose Veneto Governor Luca Zaia as its
candidate for the same post in the next regional election,
sources said Monday as the meeting continued.
There are reportedly large rifts within the right-wing
party over regional leadership, particularly between Zaia and
Verona Mayor Flavio Tosi.
He has complained that Zaia and League leadership were
attempting to undermine the autonomy of the Liga Veneta, which
wants to obtain autonomy for the Veneto region.
Zaia had called the prospect of Tosi standing as an
independent candidate "a hypothesis that Venetians would
find...beyond their worst expectations".
"I think that (Tosi) knows very well he can't run against
his own party's candidate".
Northern League leader Matteo Salvini had also lashed
out at Tosi, calling his dissident remarks "madness".
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