New Democratic Party (PD) leader Elly
Schlein on Sunday tapped her defeated primary rival and
Emilia-Romagna Governor Stefano Bonaccini as new party chair.
"I propose voting Bonaccini as president of the assembly", said
Schlein to the PD general assembly, taking place at the Centro
congressi La Nuvola conference centre in Rome.
The candidacy of Bonaccini, expected to be overwhelmingly backed
by the rank-and-file, is seen as a way of shoring up party unity
in the wake of her potentially divisive election two weeks ago.
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