“The first regional assembly of the Democratic Party of Calabria was held. An important political appointment that sanctioned the proclamation of Nicola Irto as regional secretary, the election of the ruling bodies and Maria Locanto as the new president of the assembly. The election of Maria Locanto It represents a political choice of balance and responsibility. A decision that guarantees gender representation, enhancing competence and institutional experience, promotes territorial balance. It is a clear signal of shared rebalancing, which strengthens the idea of a plural party, dynamic and rooted throughout the territory of Calabria. ” Giusy Iemmadeputy mayor of Catanzaro and former president of the regional assembly Pd
“As an outgoing president of the assembly, I address a sincere wish for a good work to Maria Locanto. His appointment – continued Iemma – confirms the collective will to continue a unitary and participated path, to be done together with the secretary Nicola Irto, reconfirmed today at the helm of the regional party. This assembly also represented an opportunity to reflect on the role that the Democratic Party is called to play in a time marked by disillusionment, distance from politics and growing demand for concrete answers. A party is not only an organizational model: it is a community, a place of collective processing, a space where ideality and concreteness, territories and visions are encountered “.
According to Iemma, “today more than ever, our task is to reconstruct an authentic bond with people. We must be, with commitment and responsibility, in the neighborhoods, in schools, in the workplaces and in the most fragile territories. We must listen and respond, with humility but also with determination. A party is such if it is able to represent who has remained behind. If it manages to transform the discomfort into proposal, the protest in the project. It is a real alternative. It is the democratic party we want.
