Lega: Salvini resigns as secretary – a necessary step to stand for re-election
Until the party conference, Alberto Di Rubba has been appointed as party commissioner and will act as interim leader
Lega leader Matteo Salvini has resigned from his post as secretary – a formal but necessary step, required by the party’s rules, to enable him to stand again at the extraordinary party conference in Milan on 24 and 25 October. As a result, the posts of deputy secretary have been abolished.
Until the party conference, Alberto Di Rubba has been appointed as party commissioner and will act as interim leader. The conference will be chaired by Lorenzo Fontana, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and a member of the Carroccio.
‘As had long been agreed and anticipated, during the Lega’s Federal Council meeting, Secretary Matteo Salvini and Deputy Secretaries Claudio Durigon, Silvia Sardone and Alberto Stefani tendered their resignations. This is a necessary step ahead of the party’s extraordinary congress, in order to proceed with an elective congress. This was announced by the party’s headquarters in Via Bellerio.
