“We need a new leader who will carry forward the objective of autonomy and put the northern question back at the centre”: is the message of Umberto Bossi for the 40 years of the League, launched in the company of a hundred faithful from Gemonio where the Senatùr has resided for years. A failure to Matteo Salvini, whose effects on the party will only be clear in the coming weeks. The person concerned, having concluded the work of the G7 Transport, responds for now with a note. “I have been accustomed to Umberto Bossi’s criticisms for thirty years, I also talk about it in my book which will be released at the end of April. I listen to them with attention and gratitude, I only reply – concludes the Northern League secretary – that seeing him healthy is the best gift for this party”. The two will not meet in the next few hours in Varese, the founder has declined the party’s invitation for the party in the square. “One party per week”, says Gemonio, enjoying the embrace of the faithful. “Padania Libera” is the greeting that former minister Roberto Castelli addresses to the gathered members of the first hour of the Sole delle Alpi. to celebrate the anniversary in front of the founder’s house. Which in the end he gives himself up to. “I have a surprise for you – Castelli announces – Umberto wants to greet you one by one”. gate two bodyguards regulate access. Maximum 5, 6 people at a time. There are also the former secretary of the Lombard League Paolo Grimoldi, Marco Reguzzoni, now candidate for the European elections for FI, Dario Galli, former deputy and president of the Province of Varese, the other founder of the League Giuseppe Leoni, the notary Franca Bellorini, who authenticated the founding act of the Lombard League. And there are militants who have arrived from Lombardy, Marche and Umbria. Bossi receives the press after cutting a chocolate cake with the words ‘Dear Umberto we love you’. On the path taken by Salvini’s League, it is clear: “It is a different path from ours”. And for this “a new leader is needed”. To those who ask him if he would look good in that role Giancarlo GiorgettiBossi replies: “Giorgetti is a good guy, but you made the name, not me. Otherwise they’ll massacre him.”
ANSA Agency 100 in Gemonio for Bossi with a chocolate cake – News – Ansa.it Tribute at the home of the founder of the League for the 40th anniversary of the party (ANSA)The first reaction from the party leaders comes from the deputy secretary of the League, Andrea Crippa. “We will make the evaluations when the congress takes place: I will express my vote, if Salvini is a candidate I will vote for Salvini. Because in my opinion without Salvini the League would no longer exist at this moment – says the Captain’s loyalist -. Bossi created the League , Maroni saved it and Salvini relaunched it. We reached 35% with Salvini and in a few weeks Autonomy will be approved. What Salvini did will remain in the history of politics and the League”. Absolute silence, however, from other big league members: neither Massimiliano Fedriga, governor of Friuli Venezia Giulia, nor Luca Zaia, president of the Veneto Region, nor Giorgetti want to comment on the Senatùr’s exit. “Today I’m very happy, I saw a lot of people that I hadn’t seen for years. It’s the League of 40 years ago. Salvini has taken his own path, everyone takes their own path – Bossi continues, revealing that Giorgetti called him in the last few hours while Salvini doesn’t – It takes a bit of head. The League at the time was rooted in the popular base, in the council in Varese we spoke in dialect. it was a different world, there was a need for something new and anyone with political intuition would have understood it. We were born there. Today we need another push to change things, Healthcare, for example, which doesn’t seem to work very well. The League must be a spur.” And if Castelli speaks of a “League that no longer exists”, Grimoldi is convinced that “Salvini must take a step aside and let the party return to the identity themes that characterized it 40 years ago. Salvini is a minister, let him be a minister “. Reguzzoni underlines that “the large presence of people here today is a sign of affection towards a man who represented, represents and will always represent the flag of the North”. In Gemonio there were also many militants who remained faithful to the Senatùr, from the driver of the ambulance who helped him in 2004 when he fell seriously ill, to the first driver, Modesto Verderio: “First driver free of charge. It was an honor – he says – Salvini He is a traitor. He has betrayed all the ideals of the North.”
ANSA Agency From secession to autonomy, the 40 years of Bossi’s League – News – Ansa.it The official birth certificate of the Northern League was on 12 April 1984. The Senatùr’s dream, the posters and then entry into Parliament. A big celebration of the militants is expected (ANSA)Reproduction reserved © Copyright ANSA
