Although the storm outside, it seems as if Sabbagh is able to keep the Liberal Democrats together.
Istalian Politics are currently the most heated up since when President Reale announced his Veto, and even before that. For a situation similar to this, we have to go before the political impasse of the last term, the Simonette cabinet, the stable ones led by Logatto and Balotelli and the ULD's long-term, stable political dominance during the Vespa-Baldassare cabinets. Although the Liberal Democrats are in a state of utter unrest, they seem to be more united than ever; although the party has proposed very few bills this legislature, the external struggle has helped the Teals, Federalists and Centrists to unite.
And it seems as if the most recent event that shook the party is a sign of that; the wave of dimissions following the comments of the minister of Justice about the current investigation. Many say that the comments were true, even if the Minister herself, so far, took no action to fulfil them. Sahal Sabbagh, apparently after many days of discussions and consultations, decided to dismiss some of the most well-known members of the party from their positions in the leadership, with those being the likes of Maalouf, Espinoza, Tiame and even Vespa-Baldassare.
Soon after the information surfaced, the chairperson had a press conference to explain her decisions.
My decision comes as a surprise to many, but know that I have consulted them with the people that have been dismissed themselves, and they all agreed, so the dimissions can be also taken as resignations. We had to take radical steps, as we were forced to do that because of the actions that were taken by the government, currently repressing the opposition. But why these people? Mr Maalouf and Ms Espinoza were responsible for the budget, so that is to be understood that, if anything negative did happen, without either me or Chairperson Simonette knowing, that they likely had the information, and we consider it as something of honour and clarity that they should resign. Mr Tiame has lost his position as the Press Spokesperson for reasons unrelated to the affairs; he was dismissed, or rather he resigned, but due to our complicated system a resignation is asking the leadership to dismiss the person resigning because he announced that he wishes to run for the position of secretary. Ms Giordia has lost her position as the president of the peer tribunal for reasons similar to those of the Treasurer and Secretary, namely we consider it as a necessity, due to the fact that the peer tribunal is the formation within the party that is supposed to oversee justice. And Ms Vespa-Baldassare has resigned due to the fact that she previously served as the national coordinator, and oversaw the regional structures, which are currently investigated by the Ministry. We will hold ballots for all of the positions in the following month.
The changes were soon commented by the party's ex-Chairperson and current Deputies Leader, Grimaldo Simonette, who said that they will cause unnecessary conflicts and result in the party destabilising itself, something that, according to Sabbagh, who soon responded, Simonette has experience in. Another person to comment was Vespiano Badia, the party's President, who said that the result of the actions will be, unlike Simonette theorised, further stability, and will result in the internal state of the party becoming better.
It does seem, however, as if Badia is considering running for Vice-Chairperson, which makes Simonette's response to him, in which he said that Badia is just begging Sabbagh to endorse him.