A skid before reuniting in the Senate. The majority proceeds on the electoral law but continues to navigate by sight. The centre-right rejects the opposition's amendments on pure preferences without defections and, again without defections, votes on its unitary amendment on the matter which also includes blocked list leaders. In the end FdI, who perhaps would have wanted something more, celebrated with signs in the Chamber reading 'With us preferences, with them zero preferences'. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni claims on social media: "The preferences return to FdI's proposal, the left is not credible". But it is the epilogue of yet another day lived dangerously. Tensions are receding and the 'trap' set up by the opposition does not succeed but the next obstacles can already be seen. One is certainly that of gender quotas. The amendment approved by the majority in fact blows up the quotas foreseen for the leaders in the Rosatellum. A point that, in the past, had seen protests from several parliamentarians, even from the majority. Another issue destined to create controversy is the one included in the law to cancel the 'anti-bushes' rule (which will eliminate any threshold of votes to contribute to the prize) which provides for a marked increase in signatures for those entering Parliament for the first time.
Giuseppe Conte defines it as a "fraud norm of the caste". The biggest issue, at least for the moment, seems to have been overcome but not without fibrillations. In fact, in the morning, the news was confirmed in Transatlantico that FdI was evaluating the opposition amendments on the preferences. Vannacci launched the challenge from social media: "Be coherent, vote for them". But FI and the League responded with a firm no: either we go with the amendment on which there is an agreement or the entire law is scrapped. But the fact that the 'brothers' have thought about it is also confirmed in some way by the words of Undersecretary Alberto Balboni: "the sub-amendment is a provocation, but the issue is there and I would not be against solutions that broaden" preferences, he says.
A majority meeting is called with Minister Casellati, the center-right group leaders and the Sherpas. What emerges from the meeting gives the sign that the waters have not yet calmed down: the government, perhaps also mindful of the incident in the Chamber precisely on the preferences on which a favorable opinion had been given and, therefore, the executive had technically 'gone under', defers to the Chamber. In the meantime, the fracture heals and the majority makes it known that it will vote unitedly against the opposition's amendments. And after a few hours there is confirmation. 'Between an instrumental amendment and maintaining the majority agreements - says Malan - which allow the reintroduction of preferences since '92, we have no doubts: let's keep our word on preferences and vote against this amendment'. 'We are a coalition that creates a synthesis - insists Maurizio Gasparri - while you argue about primaries, secondaries...'. These are "fake" preferences with the leaders blocked, reply from the opposition benches, from which shouts of 'Shame!' emanate. Matteo Renzi rereads a speech by the Prime Minister in favor of preferences in the Chamber and adds: "You should be ashamed!". Shortly afterwards it was the turn of the majority amendment, unanimously approved complete with signs from the FdI benches. The center-right rejoices. "Preferences are good, the left and Vannacci are making instrumental controversies", says Maurizio Lupi. "Our battle is over", claims Antonio De Poli of the UDC. The opposition, however, remains on the barricades. "In order not to lose the law, it loses face", comments Dem secretary Elly Schlein, while Giuseppe Conte denounces: "in the scam law there is also a rule to protect caste", he says speaking of the signatures. "Another disgrace of this law", says Riccardo Magi in this regard. This reform is "damage to democracy", denounced by Avs.
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