Salerno businessman Vincenzo
Boccia was elected new president of the powerful and influential
industrial employers' lobby Confindustria by 87% of members
Wednesday.
The vote was mere ratification of a March 31 contest that
saw Boccia prevail narrowly over Bologna industrialist Alberto
Vacchi.
After that vote the outgoing president, Giorgio Squinzi,
called on Confindustria to now put potentially divisive
squabbles behind it and rally around the new chief.
Boccia, for his part, said Confindustria must now move
ahead without dispute after being apparently split right down
the middle by what might be seen as a rather contentious
election.
"There is no such thing as positive or negative events, but
only conditions from which to restart," Boccia said.
"We believe it is possible to forge a path of evolution,
continuity and change, because the complexities facing us do not
allow us the luxury of arguing," he continued.
Boccia won the backing of 100 of the 192 people who took
part in the March meeting of Confindustria's general council,
compared to 91 for Vacchi.
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