Electoral law: the Chamber rejects the preliminary rulings, final vote expected in October

After the green light from the Senate, the final passage of the electoral law in the Chamber begins, in what is seen by many as the crucial point of the legislature given that - as said several times by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni - a misstep in the Chamber could not fail to have consequences. Today the Montecitorio Chamber rejected, by secret vote, with 229 votes against and 151 in favor the constitutionality preliminary rulings presented by the opposition. The second vote, the final one, will be next week, between 7 and 8 October.

Criticisms from the opposition

In the meantime, the attacks from the opposition continue, criticizing the preferences, the leaders not alternating by gender, the prize and the indication of the Prime Minister. "What Meloni is preparing to impose on Parliament is a law that we consider unconstitutional, yet another stretch. The attempt to surreptitiously introduce the premiership through ordinary law is unacceptable, as is changing the rules by majority vote a few months before the elections", said Avs MP Nicola Fratoianni. This electoral law "is an act of arrogance by the government that prevents the democratic game. Let the citizens choose" and instead "the game of governability pushes you to also want to govern the outcome of the elections in advance". Furthermore, "the indication" of the prime minister candidate "is not a political indication", "it is a legal constraint and is objectively a violation of the powers of the head of state", the leader of Più Europa Riccardo Magi observed in the Chamber. "This is a desperate attempt to be bolted to the seats, it is a law of power. Nothing for Italian citizens, everything for you - attacked Alfonso Colucci of the M5s - "The preferences" introduced "are fake" and on gender equality Meloni "offends the Italian woman", added Colucci, "not to mention" the issue of "subscriptions", "an absurdity".