The definitive green light has yet to arrive, but the mobilization outside Parliament on the reform of the electoral law is already ready. And so, while the latest clash over preferences is taking place in the Chamber commission, a group of jurists, politicians and representatives of civil society are already studying the possible appeals to be presented, from mid-October, in around thirty courts, aiming to obtain a ruling from the Council before we go back to the polls.
The idea, explains professor Roberto Zaccaria who is coordinating the group, is to "recreate the spirit of the referendum" by making a series of initiatives travel in parallel across the territories (starting from Monday there will be appointments from Milan to Bari) and the appeals which will start as soon as the text is in the Gazzetta. "They will file in October - underlines Zaccaria - and approximately within 3 months" the issue could be raised to the Council by the courts which will evaluate "its not manifest groundlessness".
At that point, the former parliamentarian calculates, it would be January and therefore the Council's ruling should arrive before the legislature ends. Meanwhile, the process of the provision in Montecitorio continues. No surprises are expected in the commission where some amendments were rejected during the day, including the unitary one from the opposition to cancel the blocked list leaders and leave only preferences. Thus "it is a mockery", underlines the Dem Simona Bonafè while Alfonso Colucci of M5s speaks of "fake preferences". The Democratic Party denounces, among other things, a "paradox" linked to the possibility of running with preferences even for candidates who are on the list and who, therefore, in the event of winning the prize, could obtain the seat unlike their colleagues who have, perhaps taken more. A "wild deer that risks making fun of the voters", observes the Dem Federico Fornaro. It's the 'Flaiano award', quips Gianni Cuperlo: "In Italy the shortest line between two points is the arabesque".
Another open issue remains that of signatures with an appeal signed by Pd-M5s-Avs-+Eu for a modification or at least to activate the online collection. An appeal not signed, however, by Italia viva, which is always accused of wanting to discourage competing formations at the center of the coalition such as that of Onorato. Defending the reform is the spokesperson of the FdI speakers, Angelo Rossi, for whom the text "pushes for coherence". However, all eyes are on the next ten days and the two secret votes that will take place in the Chamber: on the preliminary rulings, on October 1st and, above all, the final one, which should take place on October 8th. For the rest there will be votes of confidence, authorized by the Council of Ministers during which Prime Minister Meloni appealed to everyone to have maximum presence in the Chamber. After all, it is clear to everyone how delicate this step is. "It seems to me not entirely unlikely" that the majority "shatters" in the secret vote says Giuseppe Conte who adds, however, that in that case: "it would be a very important political fact".
