The ultra-Catholic Lorenzo Fontana, famous for his homophobic views and his call for an end to sanctions against Russia, is elected the new president of the Chamber of Deputies
“Arrogant, arrogant, abusive, ridiculous. With no availability for changes. It’s one you can’t agree with.” They may seem like the adjectives Silvio Berlusconi would bestow on a rival, but his target is none other than his ally Giorgia Meloni, the brand-new winner of the general election held in Italy on September 25 at the head of the conservative coalition. of which he is a member, the tycoon’s political party, Forza Italia.
He cannot comprehend that he has lost ground among the right-wing voters and that it will be Meloni’s political force, Fratelli d’Italia (FdI, Brothers of Italy), who will take the lead in the next government, Berlusconi whom he will hand wrote on a piece of paper a list of qualifications about his partner that was discovered by the photographers during his performance in the Senate.
The list of insults against the prime minister ‘in pectore’ undermines the confidence of the conservative coalition even before the new executive is born. It is even possible that Forza Italia will present itself alone next week to the round of consultations with the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, in order to breathe life into the future cabinet. It would be a new ugliness against FdI and the League of Matteo Salvini, the other partner of the right-wing bloc, after 16 senators from Berlusconi’s party voted blank on Thursday in the election of Ignazio La Russa, leader of Meloni’s political power, as the new president of the Senate. The difficult division of positions in the next government between the three allies is the cause of the wrath of the tycoon, who at the age of 86 is reluctant to stop being the protagonist in Italian politics.
Despite being equally booed by Meloni’s electoral growth, Salvini, at least publicly and at the moment, seems less malicious towards her. The fact that he managed to place one of his trusted men, Lorenzo Fontana, as the new Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies on Friday probably contributed to this.
His election was heavily criticized by the opposition, deeming a politician known for his ultra-Catholic and homophobic views, which led him to launch a public crusade against same-sex civil unions, unfit for a position of such institutional weight. . Moreover, Fontana has been in harmony with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the past, pressuring the European Union to end sanctions against the Moscow regime.
Source: La Verdad
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