The Chamber of the Chamber will examine, in third reading, the electoral law - where modified by the Senate - from Monday 28 September. This was established by the Montecitorio group leaders' conference. Meanwhile, tension is rising in the majority after a series of amendments from the PD in support of pure preferences, for which FdI is evaluating support. So much so that Forza Italia responded with a clear response to the prime minister's party, calling for coalition loyalty on the subject.
Beyond the tug-of-war over preferences even in the majority, a series of other open and not insignificant questions also remain, starting with that of the measure which provides for those of the small parties below the threshold not to be included in the calculation of the votes for the purposes of awarding the prize. A point that would not have been resolved in the meeting of the majority Sherpas.
The possibility of a run-off definitively disappears while the threshold above which the majority prize is won will remain at 42%. FdI senator Marcello Pera takes the floor in the Chamber to announce that given the no to the discussion on this issue by 200 colleagues, "I won't be Pierino" but it is still a "missed opportunity". Furthermore, there is nothing to be done about the proposal contained in an FdI amendment which restricted the time within which one must resign as mayor if one is running for office.
The fact is that, while it is accelerating, already predicting the timetable in the Chamber for the end of September, the centre-right coalition is still struggling to find the final square and continues to rewrite the text.
Dem amendments on pure preferences, evaluation in FdI
Fratelli d'Italia - as anticipated by Repubblica.it and confirmed by majority sources - is carefully evaluating some opposition amendments to the electoral law, in particular one signed by Nicola Irto and one by Dario Parrini, which propose pure preferences for all those elected without the blocked list leaders.
The same sources - in this regard - point out how difficult it is for FdI, which has always had a historic position in favor of preferences, to say no, remembering, among other things, the vote in the Chamber also for an FnV amendment on this. "Will FdI keep its back straight and vote for our amendments?" Dem senator Dario Parrini asked in the Chamber. However, the decision is complex also due to the opposition of the allies on the point. "If that were the case, the law would fall through," observes an Italian source.
FI sources: 'Yes to the majority amendment, confident that no one wants a political problem'
"Forza Italia will vote with conviction on the amendment on preferences presented by the majority. We trust in the seriousness and loyalty of the allies with respect to the agreements reached on the electoral law, certain that no one intends to open a political problem within the coalition". This was stated by party sources to ANSA, regarding the rumors according to which FdI could vote on an amendment on preferences together with Pd and M5s.
Pera in the Chamber: 'I formally withdraw the amendment on the ballot'
"There were all the conditions to discuss, to stop for a moment and debate" on the ballot, but it wasn't done and now "I find myself in the position of someone who has presented an amendment and finds himself faced with 200 senators who say no to him, since I don't like to be a Peter I am formally and officially withdrawing the amendment". This was said by FdI senator and former president of the Senate Marcello Pera speaking in the Chamber at Palazzo Madama about the amendment he presented on his behalf in the second round. However, he added, it is a "missed opportunity" and "the result is that we are moving forward with a law that has significant technical problems that could have been resolved" by reasoning and "giving up defending our small parliamentary enclosure".
