O. What do you think of the results for Proletarian Democracy, which are rather smaller than had been anticipated?
A. I think it was inevitable that the Communist Party would capture part of our base in the situation of extreme polarisation which developed during the elections Compared with the other parties, Proletarian Democracy (P) ran the most important campaign (in terms of meetings and propaganda). But this time many people wanted to cast a useful vote by voting for the CP.
While the percentage of votes cast for us only reflects a small part of the impact of our campaign, however, the presence of six DP deputies in Parliament will mean a lot in the sense that they will be able to represent there the extension of the mass movements.
Q. You were the only DP candidate to reach the quorum for direct election. Do you know yet who will be the other deputies? A. Not yet, that depends on the distribution of the surpluses and the preference votes. We know already, however, that they will be in Rome, Turin, Naples, Como and another in Milan.
Q. The leaders of the DUP have already commented bitterly on these results. Don't you think that this is going to have an effect (in one way or another) on the debate around unity which has been opened up in the extreme left with this campaign?
A. Obviously. We think first of all that the very poor electoral showing of Lotta Continua (they are unlikely to have any deputies) will lead to a series of discussions inside this organisation, in which important questions will be posed about its orientation - in a positive sense. etarian Democracy?
Be ora As for the PDUP, there can be no doubt at all unar inese resums wu eac to a further sharpening of the internal political battle. Following these elections the main problem for us remains the projection of a credible revolutionary pole. The debate will continue around Q. You are the first deputy of the extreme left to enter Parliament. Can you say yet what will be the first parliamentary battle of ProlA. We are going to fight as we did in our whole campaign for a left government. No government can nave a majority d a result of these elections. We will be fighting for a left government-which would be a minority government, but which could succeed in becoming a majority government through the impact of its political proposals among the masses.
we will ooviousiv De mentino disc on all the points of our programme which we put forward in the campaign: democra tic rights outlawing of the neo-fascist MSI); abolition of the Reale law (which allows the police to fire on sight); abolition of the fascist codes, especially on abortion; democratic rights in the army; and also economic and internationa questions.....