Electoral law, Meloni's applause and the strategy: preparing the vote in the spring without saying it

In the morning the applause via social media. In the afternoon, attending the inauguration of the redevelopment works of Palazzo Saladini Pilastri in Ascoli Piceno, the satisfaction with the definitive yes of the Chamber to the Stabilicum was expressed verbally. Because - Giorgia Meloni states - «it is a law that simply puts more power in the hands of citizens, which guarantees stability - we have seen the advantage it brings - and it is a law made for Italy. I think that's a good thing."

The prime minister therefore receives the reform on which she insisted so much, also triumphing over the resistance of her allies Forza Italia and Lega. To those who ask her when we will go to vote, Meloni however points out that "there is one year left until the end of the legislature" and says she is "focused as you can see on trying to do my job, the others can also discuss alchemy". But the hypothesis of early polls in June was put forward by the pages of Il Foglio, giving it a slight advantage over the idea of ​​having a natural deadline in October 2027, not by any "alchemist", but by the powerful and very loyal undersecretary Giovanbattista Fazzolari. A non-random exit, on the day of the approval of the law, which gives a glimpse of the most probable direction for Palazzo Chigi from here on out: a march towards the polls in the spring.

In recent days, the president of the Fdi senators, Lucio Malan, had already spoken about May, only to then recant in the name of the "prerogatives of the head of state". And it is precisely the insult to the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, that Meloni is careful to avoid. Especially at the moment in which he is enjoying his true political victory linked to the electoral reform: the obligation for lists and coalitions to indicate the name of the candidate for Prime Minister when depositing the electoral stamp. A de facto premiership, according to some jurists, which would bypass article 92 of the Constitution, which is clear in assigning the power to appoint the prime minister only to the head of state, locking down his choice.