New centre-left opposition Democratic
Party (PD) leader Elly Schlwin vowed to get rid of the leaders
of the internal factions whose bickering has hamstrung the PD in
her maiden speech after being proclaimed the progressive party's
first woman leader Sunday.
"Let's weed out tribal chieftains and underbosses," she said.
"We don't want to see any more irregularities on membership, we
have evils to eradicate, we don't want to see any more
ringleaders and various shysters.
"We will have to work hard together on this, the credibility of
the Democratic Party depends on it, on which I am not prepared
to give an inch."
At 37, Schlein is also the PD's youngest ever leader, moving
past former leader and ex-premier Matteo Renzi who was 38 when
he took over in 2013 and who is now head of a smaller centrist
party, Italia Viva (IV), which has said it will find it hard to
work with the leftwing Schlein.
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