Bills, infrastructures and the new Anac summit: the dossiers on the CDM table

The new Bollette decree could get the green light from the Council of Ministers this afternoon. But the Infrastructure law decree is also expected on the Government table, with the temporary suspension of the recovery of advance payments in public works contracts. Finally, white smoke could arrive over the name of the new head of the Anac, the National Anti-Corruption Authority, after the step backwards by Northern League member Nuccio Altieri.

Hearings on the maneuver begin in the Chamber. Over 30 entities are expected in the Budget Committee in one day, from students to the third sector, from insurance to construction and real estate, up to the Court of Auditors. Each with its requests for changes and corrections. You have until November 17 to present amendments.

New bill decree

The bill decree revised with the EU is therefore expected in the CDM, after two postponements. It should be the right time. The measure aims to reduce electricity tariffs by placing a cap on the price of gas. The latest postponement, last Thursday, would have been due to the findings of the State Accounting Office on a secondary regulation. No substantial changes are foreseen to the heart of the decree, the measure which provides for a ceiling on the price of gas for electricity production at around 59 euros per megawatt hour, on the model of the Iberian "tope".

Anac

A certain haste weighs on Anac: the mandate of the current president Giuseppe Busia, in office since 2020, has expired and cannot be renewed. The only certainty is that no errors or slips of political incompatibility are now allowed on the successor. And the diktat seems to come directly from the top levels of the government, it circulates among the majority. By law, the president is proposed by the Minister of Public Administration in agreement with the Keeper of the Seals and the Interior Ministry, and must have the consent of the opposition. In fact, the favorable opinion of the competent parliamentary commissions is needed, with a quorum of 2/3 of the members and expressed quickly (probably next week, if the nomination were today). The CV of the candidate who, by law, should be far from politics in the strict sense will therefore count. Legislative decree 150 of 2009 is clear: «The president and the members of the Authority cannot be chosen from among people who hold elective public positions or positions in parties or trade unions or who have held positions and positions in the previous three years».