Democratic Party (PD) leader
Matteo Renzi on Monday confirmed a meeting of the party
executive for February 13 and said "we are ready for any public
and democratic talks respectful of the rules and the internal
Statute."
He said "accepting the rules and the result of a congress and
primaries is the first step towards respecting the community".
Renzi said "I think that PD voters don't deserve the
continuous polemics, threats of splitting, and constant fighting
of those who shoot point-blank every day".
The former premier, who resigned after defeat in a
Constitutional reform referendum in December, said last week he
would grant an internal opposition's request for a party
congress and primaries ahead of fresh elections, for which he
had been pressing at the risk of causing a split.
Renzi's top touted rival in future primaries, Puglia Governor
Michele Emiliano, responded Monday by claiming that Renzi's
concessions were empty and that he, Emiliano, was "very saddened
at the way Renzi has to personalise everything".
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