Bettini: “If anything, I recommended him to always act with autonomy and authority”
“It is absurd just to think so. I have a political solidarity and a personal friendship with Gualtieri that has lasted for decades. I have supported him more than others in his race for the Capitol. He is working well. I have recommended, if anything, to always act with autonomy and authority. Poisons belong to those who have been defeated “. With these words Goffredo Bettini, interviewed by The print, answers the question whether it is true that he had a fight with the mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri.
Background: on Sheet an article comes out about a clash in Roman PD, where at a meeting to decide the top management of associated companies of the municipality, linked to culture, someone would have made it clear that this or that name would not have been appreciated by the powerful Goffredo Bettini, founder with Veltroni of the Pd of the Lingotto. And the mayor would have replied “I am the one who decides“.
A case arises, with denials by Gualtieri and Zingaretti, with a firm reply from the interested party, who spreads an email addressed to the mayor, the president of the Region and the Minister of Culture. Of this tenor: “Dear friends, please do not call me into question in any way even in future discussions“.
So that sentence reported by the Sheet“Gualtieri be careful, I make you end up like Marino?” “Totally false. Only those who do not know the history of Rome can imagine it. I helped to propose and defend Marino’s candidacy against a large part of the Roman party apparatuses of the time. Its downfall, even in the very unconventional forms through which it took place, was a firm decision of the national management group which at that time was led by Renzi. Rather, I paid high prices for Marino. It’s amazing how you try to overturn the truth. ‘
So if everything is ok, why did you write that fire email to Gualtieri, Zingaretti and Franceschini, resigning from the board of directors of the Film Festival? «I wrote the email precisely to underline the desire not to deal with the new organization of the cultural institutions of Rome. You see, I founded and directed the Film Festival and the Auditorium for years, in recent years I have not dealt in the least with these splendid “creatures”, to which I am romantically linked. In fact, my every judgment would be conditioned by the extraordinary memories of the past. This is why I also asked to be relieved of the task of representing the Istituto Luce on the Board of the Film Festival. To avoid even the slightest undue influence on the structure that will affect it ».
Okay, so he pulls it out and with Gualtieri he seems to say full stop. We’ll see if there will be any aftermath. On the political strategies of the left, however, some advice continues to be given: for Conte and Letta, with whom he speaks assiduously, Draghi should remain at Palazzo Chigi. Do you think that in this way we risk not even having him as prime minister within a few months? «I was the first to point out the danger that a state of general uncertainty could deprive Italy of Draghi’s contribution; in a condition that would see him neither president of the Republic nor prime minister. I understand that there is concern about the resurgence of the pandemic. But I am wary of “hairy” reasoning. This is why I say: any president will be elected (including Draghi), the current government majority should complete its mission: tame Covid, implement the PNRR, share a new electoral law with a proportional system to restore the profile of the parties “.
Should the premier make the parties understand his political platform, how would he interpret his position, before joining the fray? «The political platform of the President of the Republic is concentrated in the role that the Constitution provides. Ensure the principles of our Charter and the proper development of democratic life. I hope for a politically strong president capable of being the guarantor of a resumption of the dialectic between the center-left and the center-right ”.
What do you think of Renzi’s centrist federation? «That politics as a whole should achieve a positive start. A soulless, technocratic centrist crowd could only make the situation worse. Those who want to cut the wings of the Republic risk playing with fire and increasing the waters of abstention “
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