The phase convention in which we live was not started auspiciously. The feelings were most common in early disappointment and concern. Disappointment for a party born with the ambition to be something new in Italian politics, but that did not seem (apparently not) have been able to go beyond the sum, while important, the Socialist-Communist tradition (as it was after the war) with the Catholic liberal Democrats. A merger is more "cold". Concern for the losses and the inability to consent (impossible?) To organize the opposition around him, after Mr defeat, but still lost, policies 2008.
In the path taken so far these elements are certainly not failed, but are now accompanied by positive aspects that bode well for the future. First, we were generous with candidates who have worked hard in a campaign of thousands of miles run and willingness to meet with citizens. Above all, wherever they went, they were greeted by crowds of people passionate and willing to understand, to deal with. This shows that there are millions of Italians who want to be citizens and not content to be consumers (in a company, then, rather than being consumed consumes), who want to participate and work towards making our country more just and more free and who see the Democratic Party the political place to put to good use their commitment.
To avoid wasting these requests and this enthusiasm to return to being the center of the political and cultural in our country is the key word more than others: secularism. Secularism is not intended as a protagonist of the two poles of an apocalyptic war, as some want to see it. Secularism is not synonymous with "state atheism" against "clerical obscurantism." Secularism is primarily a method of comparison and decision, which starts from the recognition and respect for different positions of their own, and that treats each person as the bearer of a value added tax, with the sole duty to serve the collective welfare , in the framework of rules shared. The motion
Live the PD changes for Italy Ignazio Marino has the advantage of putting secularism as understood at the center of its proposal and for this, although not fully share all the views, maybe finding myself on some issues more in tune with other motions, I decided to support the Congress and in the primaries.
Secularism, then. Secularism in the field of civil rights, which is not subject to radical chic, from orchestra playing while the ship sinks, but it has to do with the very foundation of civil society. The Democratic Party must have a clear position on issues such as civil unions, living will, assisted reproduction, the fight against homophobia. This position is also the result of a compromise advanced, but do not ignore respect for self determination of individuals and the idea of \u200b\u200bsociety of equals, with no keepers of truth and aberrant more or less tolerated. But even in secular
economic social relations. We live in a country where it seems impossible to do anything! As soon as you try to deal with large and small knots of a stagnant economy and society structurally, it sets in motion a chain of reactions between vested interests and revenue position to bounce always the starting point. This is in large monopolies and oligopolies (starting dall'assetto media node to deal with "priority one") in the locked-down system of multi-utilities and spoiled, occupations, health, university. This is unacceptable. The Democratic Party must become the protagonist of a great battle this time to undermine a state of affairs, to introduce a breath of freedom in economics (which is the opposite of liberalism marketism) gates that rents and dynastic position, almost sacred, distinctions between privilege and excluded. Secularism
finally also in the idea and the model we want to build the party. The Democratic Party must be a place for discussion and comparison of learning, not ends in themselves, but which is open to all instances that come from companies that are close but not organic, which selects its own leaders and their candidates with the participation and not with the co-option (how many traumas, but also many opportunities to grow and take root with the primaries), he can do synthesis, but also knows the end to decide, again through their participation, without being less united and compact. At times in recent months, our party has seemed the victim of sectarian divisions and even a little 'prejudiced, sinking their political origins in the mists of time, whereas we want to project ourselves into the future, the real risk is that of a deadly mix between current Democrat dichotomy and "orthodoxy / heresy" that under certain circumstances has marked the history of the PCI
Although the challenges are ambitious, the time was not appropriate, the wind in the opposite direction we can face the future with optimism. This Congress, so long and complicated, us in the conviction of having a party, a party to be strong and rooted, backed by millions of people who believe that the future is in our hands and we have to build on foundations of peace , solidarity, freedom, equality and participation.
Massimiliano Meschiari
lawyer and vice-mayor of Castelnuovo R.
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