Durigon: "Should we occupy sports? Schlein's demagogy. Forget De Micheli, the Democratic Party president before me."

"It's unfortunate that Schlein says these things. And she forgets that a Democratic Party representative like Paola De Micheli has already held this position, and done well. Such demagogic behavior. It's an appointment I was asked to make, one I make with passion, and I dedicate it to my son, who has always followed this sport." This is how Claudio Durigon, Undersecretary of Labor and Deputy Secretary of the League, responded to Elly Schlein's comments in an interview with Adnkronos director Davide Desario on 'Ponza d'autore', after Durigon's appointment as president of the men's volleyball league.  

“In volleyball,” Durigon continued, “we are world leaders, it’s truly Made in Italy. I thank the club presidents who asked me to do it. I hope to help give this sport its due, as it already has,” he concluded.  

"It wasn't enough to have all the representatives of the majority, along with relatives and friends, appointed to the sports federations and associations, now comes the election of Undersecretary Claudio Durigon as president of the Men's Serie A Volleyball League," Elly Schlein said today. 

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"This is the latest example of a method this right-wing party is systematically using on sports, culture, RAI, and every other sphere. It's a military occupation of places and positions that should be independent and autonomous from politics, where the right is asserting its hunger for power, regardless of competence, merit, planning, and all the values ​​that sport embodies. Sport deserves care, attention, support, and respect for its autonomy, not this political invasiveness," the Democrat said. 

"The League is one, not two Leagues. I belong to a party where, objectively, there are many excellent administrators of whom I am proud. I joined for this reason. But there is a journalism that somehow wants to exploit certain situations. I believe that the League, as it has always demonstrated, is one League. And the League can build, in my opinion, a large pool of votes to ensure the center-right wins again," the League's deputy secretary continued. 

(Adnkronos)