Debora Serracchiani was elected leader of the Democratic Party in the House. The voters were 93; 90 votes went to the two candidates in the running: Debora Serracchiani and Marianna Madia. In detail, Serracchiani had 66 votes (73%), Madia 24 (27%). One vote went to Barbara Pollastrini, a blank ballot, nothing. Serracchiani is currently chairman of the Labor Commission at Montecitorio.
«After today’s vote I will be happy to work together with @serracchiani and @SimonaMalpezzi. Two determined, quality and competent women. We will be a great # team. Look ahead, @pdnetwork »writes Enrico Letta immediately after the vote on Twitter.
«That there has been competition in the group is certainly a novelty, but it is also a positive fact. we have a compact group and it has been compact in the most complex decisions of this legislature and I am convinced that it will be now »commented the newly elected. “I want to thank all my colleagues, those who voted for me and those who voted for Marianna, also because we did it with a spirit of competition, but also with the spirit of those who do this job with passion and know that in this moment the eyes of the country are upon us, ”he added. «I thank Graziano Delrio because the Pd group has arrived this far thanks to his authoritative and wise leadership». And also because, faced with the solicitation of the secretary Enrico Letta, «he took a step to the side, demonstrating his qualities as a man and as a political leader who places that of a community before his own personal destiny. An example for everyone ».
“I thank the secretary Letta, who gave the push and the shock by allowing two women to arrive at the helm” of the groups in the Chamber and Senate, and is “a great step forward, not only for women but for the Democratic Party”.