“The issue of a third term has been raised by people who have seven terms under their belts,” De Luca, who has been Campania’s governor since 2015, told reporters at the presentation of an exhibition on Pier Paolo Pasolini.
“The right honourable Schlein is in her 30s and she has already had three – in the European Parliament, the (Emilia Romagna) regional council and the Italian parliament”.
The 74-year-old said that some would call Schlein a “cacique” – a tribal chieftain of the Taíno people.
De Luca also blasted the party leader for moving to put the Campania section of the party under external administration.
He said this “act of political delinquency” was linked to the fact that 70 per cent of the region’s votes in this year’s PD leadership primaries went to her rival in the contest, Emilia Romagna Governor Stefano Bonaccini.
Deputy Prime Minister Matthew Salvini said he’s in favour of a third term for governors and mayors.
Responding in Naples to a question from journalists on the hypothesis of De Luca’s re-nomination for governor of the Campania Region, Salvini said: “I’m not for De Luca, I am against linear cuts”.
“If someone is good and is chosen by the citizens and has served two terms, he can re-apply and the citizens will then choose.
“If one is good he can make even four, if one is a goat, even one is too much.”
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