Silvio Berlusconi’s plans and thoughts on the Quirinale
How Silvio Berlusconi moves in the Quirinale match. Paola Sacchi's note
That no, which sounds almost prejudicial, by Enrico Letta, for whom he is even "the most divisive of political leaders", that no that does not even seem to deal with the relative majority numbers, albeit not self-sufficient, of the center-right in parliament , has the boomerang effect of putting Silvio Berlusconi more and more at the center of the Quirinale match.
The Cav, according to those who have known it well for a lifetime, could now, even more so, have a win-win perspective in front of it. Either the candidate who is not (self) candidate, but the candidate officially the day before yesterday from all the center-right, "positively" dissolves, as Lega, FdI and minor centrist parties ask him, the reserve on his intentions or can collect enough credit to give him the role of true king maker of the Corsa al Colle, removing the primacy of a possible candidacy for Mario Draghi from the secretary of the Democratic Party.
This role Berlusconi could play in agreement with Matteo Renzi, the leader of IV, a potential co-kingmaker. Or Berlusconi himself could try the “gamble” again. This time in the direction of Colle, – a true and calculated “gamble”, of those that change connotations of politics such as the descent into the field in '94 – from the fourth vote, when an absolute majority of 505 votes is needed.
If he does not manage to have the extra votes that are needed (about sixty) but keeps all 450 votes of the center right, it will be one thing and that is, the coalition would remain standing, even with all its problems, but if those numbers were lacking. those who know the things of Arcore well imagine that at that point the founder would have good reasons to say goodbye to his creation, founded in 1994, giving life to bipolarism. And Berlusconi could launch himself towards other shores and roles as a centrist ruler of the balance.
Hence the fear of Giorgia Meloni who wanted a second statement last Friday, signed by all but a part of the centrists, in which they say no to a return to the proportional. And that is why, contrary to certain reconstructions, the opposite would have occurred and that is that Berlusconi would have asked Matteo Salvini and Meloni for precise guarantees in the meantime that they would ensure all their numbers.
The scene aired at Villa Grande in Rome puts the Cav in the center even in the same center-right, fully reconfirming its role as leader. With votes that, albeit lower than those of the allies, are weighed but not counted, as for Enrico Cuccia the shares, since once again the clear image that Forza Italia is Berlusconi and he is the dominus of the coalition appeared clear.
In the win-win role yesterday, the former blue parliamentary Massimo Palmizio, former coordinator of Emilia Romagna, but above all one of the 27 blue men of Publitalia who with Marcello Dell'Utri were the real embryo of Forza Italia put him on Facebook . Palmizio writes, who also went to visit his former CEO in Rebibbia on behalf of Cavaliere: “And in any case, from today and again, as always, he has triumphed. After having obtained the unconditional support of Meloni, Salvini, Brugnaro, Cesa and Lupi, he will decide whether to dissolve the reserve. It's him, it's always been him, the leading actor. To others the roles of character actors or extras. It is he who will decide to go all the way, and if he goes to the bottom due to the disloyalty of the others, they will all go to the bottom, or to give up and indicate another candidate. Which would be voted / or immediately with a Bulgarian majority accompanied by a sense of liberation from both friends and enemies. But he will decide. As always".
Could it also be Letizia Moratti among the candidates? Or even Pier Ferdinando Casini, formerly an ally of Berlusconi in the Casa delle Libertà? If not, it will obviously be Berlusconi himself or Draghi.
Some somewhat curiously behind the scenes describe Berlusconi irritated and surprised by Gianni Letta's visit to Palazzo Chigi before the summit at Villa Grande. But those who know the things of Arcore well and the iron loyalty of "Gianni", together with Fedele Confalonieri, the lifelong friend of the Cav, imagine an opposite scenario. And that is that Gianni Letta, Berlusconi's great diplomat went to Chigi instead to explain to Draghi the real intentions of the president of Forza Italia. Intentions which the premier himself must take into account also of course for his future choices after the national emergency government. And what if in the end, in a situation that is becoming frayed, Gianni Letta himself, despite his iron will to stay behind the scenes, was Berlusconi's real reserve card? At that point for his nephew Enrico to say no, albeit in a softer way, even to his uncle would become a bit surreal.
Meanwhile, Salvini's no, which sounds almost prejudicial to Berlusconi on the part of Enrico Letta, replies sharply: “No to exclusions, vetoes, arrogance”.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/piani-e-pensieri-di-silvio-berlusconi-sul-quirinale/ on Sun, 16 Jan 2022 06:29:50 +0000.