We are witnessing the birth of one-party center-right, the" People of Freedom ".
is fundamental at this stage, defining the regulations and internal rules that govern it, including establishing criteria for merit selection of its leaders.
probably do not even need the help of" wise men ", nor the contribution of many delegates at the founding congress, to understand one simple thing: if you want to build a truly liberal democratic party, These principles should apply to the first inside!
must bring democracy and meritocracy within the party, starting from the concept that should be the basis to choose their representatives, both for the posts of party, especially for candidates in elections.
Next, point the primary (true) and not on appointments and co-optation from above!
So far we have seen, unfortunately, the prevailing line drawn by Denis Verdini, or the farce of the "sham election" of the delegates through the "Gazebo" (which he deceived those loyal supporters to participate to selected candidates, in fact already decided by the various regional coordinators). There is still time to correct the shot and decide if the "P " must mean " Popular " or "populist . In the first case we will have a Participation true only in the second Propaganda (the same difference that exists between choosing a candidate and choose to have the illusion of drawing an X on a sheet of pre-compiled, in a blaze flags, fake cards and numbers roaring fire at random).
But if there is no inner-party democracy, there will be even Freedom ... and without the "L , the PDL remains only the other side of the PD.
Finally an appeal to Verdini (lest it become a new Goebbels):
Participation "on-line" (which he, in my view, rightly hoped) might be a good way to involve the basic policy of the party, but the Internet is only a means, what matters is the content. If you use only as a "poll" the mood of the people as a tool or technology to replace an X drawn in pencil with crushing of a button on the PC, then we would not have made any progress. Conversely, if the citizens can use the internet (blogs, forums and social networking sites like Facebook) to express political views to participate actively in the formulation of proposed laws to propose and select the candidates to check the activities of their representatives pursuant to the mandate, and possibly even desirable, to vote in the primaries, then the PDL can really do it for towing a renewal of the policy, its methods and its ruling class.
