Some 90% of the centre-left
Democratic Party (PD) is against forming a coalition government
either with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) or the
centre right, Justice Minister Andrea Orlando, a PD bigwig, said
Wednesday.
Orlando said his "area" within the party, as well as the vast
majority of the party, "has ruled out the possibility of a
government with the 5 Stars, and with the centre right".
Orlando said only Puglia Governor Michele Emiliano, who got
10% at a party congress, was in favour of joining the M5S in
government.
"90% of the PD's ruling group is against an alliance with the
M5S.
Orlando added: "there's no need for a a referendum in the PD.
"There's already been a referendum," he said, referring to
Sunday's general election.
"We're at 18%, only a point above (Matteo) Salvini's League".
Orlando added that the resignation of leader Matteo Renzi,
pending the formation of a new government, had been "real" and
after that the party would be run in a "collegial" way before
picking a new leader.
Orlando reiterated later that "no alliance is possible" with
the centre-right Forza Italia (FI) party of ex-premier Silvio
Berlusconi and the anti-migrant, Euroskeptic League, or with the
M5S.
He added: "Renzi must resign, the party statute says so".
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