«In the Quirinale there was astonishment at the statements of the leader of the group in the House of the party of the relative majority which seemed to give credence to another attack on the Presidency of the Republic that was built close to the ridiculous». This is what Colle wrote in a note.
Bignami: Colle council members are against Meloni? Let them deny,
Galeazzo Bignami, leader of the Italian Brotherhood group in the Council, called on the Presidency of the Republic to deny the news published by La Verità in an article entitled “Quirinale’s plan to stop Meloni”, according to which the advisers of the head of state, “will hope for an initiative against President Giorgia Meloni and the center-right wing, also expressing an assessment of incompetence towards the majority of the current government”. «In particular – adds the leader of the Prime Minister’s party group – “La Verità” reports in detail a conversation in which this person hopes for the creation of an alternative coalition such as a “large national civil list'” with the stated aim of preventing the victory of the center-right group and Giorgia Meloni in the next political elections. Projects that will even go this far – Bignami underlines – expect a ‘clash of fate’ against the current government”. «We believe that this reconstruction will be rejected without delay out of respect for the important role it holds, otherwise it will have to conclude its legitimacy» is Bignami’s request.
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In an article in La Verità, signed by director Maurizio Belpietro, Francesco Saverio Garofani, a former member of parliament from the Democratic Party, is mentioned as one of Mattarella’s “advisors who appear to be restless in the hope of trapping Giorgia Meloni and preventing her from reaching the end of her mandate and running again in 2027″. «There are those who imagine a moderate center-left candidate trying to repeat the success of 1996 with Prodi – writes Belpietro. – The operation, regardless of who leads it, will involve the dissolution of the center-right coalition in order to bring the centrists into the arms of the comrades.” «It seems – continues Belpietro – we are talking about a ‘big national civil list’, a re-edition of Ulivo. But this may not be enough so that Mattarella’s adviser, Francesco Saverio Garofani, calls fate: “A year and a half is not enough to find someone capable of defeating the center-right, it will require a big surprise”, whispered the man from Colle”, Belpietro concluded.
Belpietro di Quirinale: I confirm what has been written, the only ridiculous thing is the attempt to silence
After Quirinale’s denial, here is Belpietro’s response: «I confirm verbatim what was published today by Verità. What is ridiculous in this case is only a clumsy attempt to silence disturbing statements made by an advisor to the President of the Republic.”
