Ex-premier Matteo Renzi on
Wednesday appealed to centre-left supporters to vote in Sunday's
Democratic Party leadership primaries, stressing the outcome is
by no means certain.
"In four days' time the primaries to select the PD secretary
for the next four years will take place in a democratic way,"
Renzi wrote in his e-news newsletter.
"The winner will also be the premier candidate at the next
elections.
"Many want to make you believe that the result has already
been written.
"They do that to keep many of you away from the voter
stands... Let's not fall for it, please!".
Renzi is seeking to be re-elected PD leader with a fresh
mandate after stepping down as premier in December when his
flagship Constitutional reform was rejected in a referendum.
He is up against Justice Minister Andrea Orlando and Puglia
Governor Michele Emiliano in the primaries.
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