“Wrong choice to nominate Vannacci”

General Roberto Vannacci’s candidacy for the European Championships with the League, made official yesterday by Matteo Salvini, splits the Imola Northern League. “I will not remain silent in the face of yet another wrong choice taken from above, without any involvement and respect for the territories, as well as for the history of this movement”, protests Riccardo Sangiorgi, who remained in the City Council together with Daniele Marchetti (also last destined for candidacy for Brussels) after the farewells to the group of Rebecca Chiarini, Serena Bugani and Simone Carapia. Sangiorgi, until some time ago city secretary of the League (a position now vacant), says he notes “with regret and embarrassment” the choice to nominate Vannacci. “Can anyone explain to me what this character has to do with a movement that should talk about federalism and autonomy? – the Northern League member asks again -. What does this have to do with a movement that when it was born rightly declared itself anti-fascist? What message do you want? launch today by nominating Vannacci, among other things by announcing him on April 25th? If anyone thinks that I will campaign, even for just a minute, for an ultranationalist general who in his books has expressed positions that I consider homophobic and racist, they are greatly mistaken. There is a limit to everything. Here it has been exceeded by a lot.”