Electoral law, the third vote of confidence in the Chamber today

The reform process continues in Montecitorio: yesterday the vote of confidence on the first two articles was given the green light. Today the third, plus the vote on Article 8. Tomorrow the final secret vote. The majority is compact, while the opposition attacks: appeals to the Constitutional Court are ready

The electoral law is approaching the key moment of the final vote. Yesterday the government received the vote of confidence by approving the changes to the first two articles of the text, with an open vote. Today in the Chamber the votes continue with the confidence vote on article 3 (which modifies the constituencies of Merano, Bressanone and Bolzano from a territorial point of view) and the vote on article 8 (concerning the extension of non-resident voting to caregivers). Tomorrow, Thursday 8 October, at 12.30, there will be the final vote on the reform by secret ballot. A mechanism that unleashed the anger of the opposition, who spoke of a "slap in the face of Parliament", "forcing" and "lack of discussion".

What happens today and tomorrow

This morning, from 9am, the declarations of vote on the third confidence vote placed by the government will begin and then, not before 10.50am, there will be a roll call from the deputies. This will be followed by the declarations of vote by 1.30pm and then the vote on article 8. At the end, and after the question time, the examination of the agendas will take place from 4.15pm until 8pm and possibly continue through the night. There are 41 agendas in total, of which 7 are from Futuro Nazionale. Tomorrow, Thursday 8 October, there is the final secret vote: speeches with declarations of the final vote from 10.30 am and then secret ballot voting at 12.30 pm.

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The process and what happened yesterday

The Minister for Relations with Parliament, Luca Ciriani, had asked for confidence on three of the four articles modified by the Senate, which therefore had to be voted on again. Yesterday we started with the declarations of vote on the confidence placed by the government on article 1, then called it by roll call and approval with 226 votes in favour. The same process follows for article 2: Montecitorio approved the confidence with 227 votes in favour. The two articles contain the changes to the text made by the Senate regarding signatures and preferences with regards to the Chamber.

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What can happen

On the centre-right benches in Montecitorio yesterday there were very few and justified absences. The majority looks with optimism at tomorrow's vote. The opposition also expects the reform to be approved and is already thinking about the Consultation but in the meantime the battle continues in the Chamber with appeals to the centre-right to think again.

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