16 May 2006

Armchairs

Tomorrow the list of Ministers will be presented to the new President of the Republic. For weeks there’s been talk of the ministerial lottery, of their armchairs, a merry-go-round of names that is rarely, almost never, accompanied by an analysis of the government’s programme, of the activities to be carried out.
Italia dei Valori removed itself from this phase of negotiations straight away. To the ordinary citizen it can seem more like a fish market than a comparison of programmes and of competencies.
Italia dei Valori wants a government that is strong and capable. It wants the programme to be carried out.

Italia dei Valori is not interested in the creation of ad hoc honorary positions that are representative and without operating weight. Examples of such positions are the 2 vice Presidents of the Council that it is believed are to be attributed to Massimo D’Alema and Francesco Rutelli.
I have made available to Romano Prodi information about my capabilities and about the capabilities of people in my party. He can freely, and without pressure, decide, as it is right that he should, whether he wants to take advantage of this.
Permit me to ask other representatives of the Unione to pay more attention to the programmes and how well they can be carried out, rather than to balancing parties, armchairs and creative politics.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Politics