Welcome and Welcome back to a citizen of the Congress Party Democratic Bernalda and Metaponto. I extend my welcome and my thanks to the representatives of national and regional motions of people: Sen. Bubbico Philip, Sen. Charles Chiurazzi, Hon. Salvatore Adduce and the Mayor of Cracow, Joseph Lacicerchia. The sponsor of the conference Tina Santochirico This is an important day for our party. A party, the Democratic Party, born of popular participation in 2007 with the primary and that in a single year in our region has seen the birth and institutions throughout 131 countries, clubs and coordination in order to represent the requests of our community. A year of great difficulty, has invested the whole political scene, social and economic our territory and that the Democratic Party has engaged in important electoral challenges such as municipal, provincial, and European policies aimed at encouraging results with others, however, have led us to serious reflection and responsible action of the party and, on need to give a renewed impetus and a sap that can give effective responses. The Democratic Party today, is called to renew the political project that must be identified and must respond to requests for a party that has the ambition to be a major vocation, to be strong reformist as well as imagined and understood at the time of its creation. I want to remember that our party was born from the awareness that it needed the union of the folk tradition with the Catholic Democrats and that the origin of the PD is the great and sometimes painful, choice of alliances. Nearly two years after its birth, we are called to decide on the political path that our party has to undertake, and we must do so by asking, first, the reason for this major project, in so short a span, though difficult, was unable to fiery tempers and expectations of our constituents by bringing to lose support. We must ask ourselves why, after the extraordinary participation in the primary that has seen so many men, women and young people engaged and involved, to date, our party organization lacks opening plural and enthralling. We have fallen into the temptation to emulate and counter our political opponent using the same weapons which he is owner, the media. We did it, losing sight of our mission, the vocation to which we were called, to build responsibly and strengthen our own identity based on solid political basis. For this reason we are here today. To reflect on the role and future of our party. We have been engaged for too long to talk about ourselves, creating a tense atmosphere in which nothing is served and that a few interested. All this, while our opponents were cynical eye to observe our behavior and amused self and self-cannibalism. All this must belong to the past. The Democratic Party of today, has some very specific priorities: - to fill the content of our work, even while continuing opposition to the national government - opposition to the Berlusconi government's nefarious choices by making choices unified, practical and useful to the people - moving from the territory of a party that is recognized as the main actor responsible for the construction of the future, in short, a party rooted in the heart of society. And 'This is the challenge that the PD should be given and to win he needs to employ the best minds and best efforts. No longer a battle for the party leadership but common place for discussion of ideas and proposals; open discussion and plural and not defensive a party able to see and analyze its limitations and shortcomings recorded again with a renewed and stronger project. The Democratic Party, then, as a place for research, dialogue and training for a new ruling class. A party that some call "the door of the new world", made up of clubs, members, managers, supporters argue that a spirit of cooperation on major issues: abortion, nuclear, green ecology, living will, human rights, war, Europe, Euro-Mediterranean .. A strong party, made up of many administrators, men, women and young people who identify with a major project and reject reformist society Passions of sad, dominated by fear and fear of losing privileges acquired rather than being able to drive and search for new values \u200b\u200bthat distinguish and to assert rights. A party in which I wanted to join a great sense of dedication and enthusiasm and to whom I felt proud to represent. The 'pride of being a living part, that makes me an integral and active, regardless of their role and that cover you to work and collaborate with my party to improve the society we live. The work that has seen me involved in the function of this great city party secretary, has filled my heart with great joy, but above all I was charged with great responsibilities. I embarked on this adventure and accepted this task knowing that, as in any social group, each is necessary, but no one is indispensable. From birth, our club has experienced moments of great participation alternate with extreme loneliness. Moments that have suffered along with me, all those who, being in institutional roles (mayor, councilors, advisors), they still found the strength to accept full responsibility to which they were called, never hiding behind the'alibi "lack of party." It 's always been that too, a source of encouragement for me to find the motivation to continue the task for which I had been nominated. The party there was and always has been, has only been changed course due to disagreements at times quite legitimate, even if incomprehensible, and so many times, too many times, were the brakes of our political action. The party, despite everything, there's always been there even in difficult choices than administrative or political ones when we were asked to contribute to the great project of PD. There is also now that we have our local representation and that sees our territory ruled by the Prefectural Commissioner. It would be nice, and also a gesture of great political responsibility and intellectual honesty to admit those who have made mistakes of completing them to gain respect and restore credibility to the party. We are appropinquando the new phase of political alliances ahead of the regional administrative and 2010. With a big difference from a few months ago: I have bipolar so much, in fact, we have worked, will not be prosecuted. The socio-political context of our country has changed so much from having to cause bitterness and concern. Many behaviors, the continuing attacks populist - sometimes without face-whose only intention is to demolish the policy action in order to discredit the people and not to build a more democratic society, merely favor a social fabric in which the boundary between lawful and unlawful, civil and uncivil, legal and illegal thins take up room in memory of the past and the desire for the future. The policy switch must know new enthusiasm, new willingness to have - in the interests of Bernalda - to walk along a stretch of road, must be able to awaken the consciences of all. Ethics is not the beautiful dress you wear on Sundays is the sense of political-party use as a companion to repeat often! This is the way the Democratic Party: change direction, to awaken in people the enthusiasm, interest and desire for participation, planning and the future. Regardless of who, by now, after me, is to represent the party. One person, a manager, I'm sure it has at heart the good of the party and who will work tirelessly for the common good. My respect and my appreciation to you is completed in this period when I got to know her. I leave my post of secretary to a woman in the leg, I leave my office and ask to Russian Nunziella welcome with applause. I conclude by thanking the voters of the primaries, all the friends and comrades, and who, he testified his esteem. Executives, licensed to supporters want to say a 'last thing: We love this more than our party. And, let's make it even bigger!
