A split in the centre-left
Democratic Party (PD) has already happened because of leader
Matteo Renzi, former leader Pier Luigi Bersani said Tuesday.
"It's not a question of the date (of the congress)", the
problem is whether we are the PD or the PdR (Renzi's party)," he
said.
"I don't expect anything from Renzi, but those with sense
around him should use it, because we're at a very dangerous
crossroads."
Bersani said "the split has already happened among our
people. And I ask how we can get those people back".
Bersani said it was "not possible" to hold a PD congress as
early as June and added, on a proposed election law, that
so-called 'blocked' list heads were something "out of this
world".
He said the minority had "not yet decided" whether it would
attend a PD assembly on Saturday that will decide the date of
the congress.
Bersani leads a minority PD faction that is often critical of
Renzi.
On Monday Renzi forced through a PD majority motion to hold a
congress in about two months so as to be able to hold a general
election in about September.
Bersani and other PD minority leaders want the legislative
term to run its course until February 2018. Renzi resigned as
premier in favour of PD colleague and former foreign minister
Paolo Gentiloni after losing a Constitutional reform referendum
in December.
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