Electoral reform: vote in the House scheduled for 1 and 8 October

October 1st and 8th. These are the dates that, at least on paper, must be marked on the calendar for the electoral law. These are, in fact, the days on which, based on the current organization of work, the Chamber of Deputies should express its opinion on the reform by secret ballot. In the first case on the opposition's constitutionality rulings and in the second on the final vote. In the majority, at the moment, there is optimism about the Montecitorio stress test.

But the prime minister reiterates that a false step, given that confidence will be placed, would result in an "acknowledgment" by the government. A confidence, but in reality, perhaps up to 4 if we consider all the articles modified in the Senate, or perhaps, according to what the government is evaluating, only a couple, in particular on the preferences issue. All in a complex voting mechanism which, in the centre-right's calculations, should lead to the final green light on the text on 8 October. Meanwhile, the opposition is preparing their battle: a "wall" reiterates Dem leader Elly Schlein to stop this "terrible reform".

And there are reportedly 63 amendments tabled in the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Chamber, all of them opposition. About forty unitary ones from the centre-left ranging from "pure" preferences to gender equality to signatures. The amendment proposals are signed by the group leaders of the broad camp in the commission, Simona Bonafè (Pd), Alfonso Colucci (M5s) and Filiberto Zaratti (Avs) as well as by the secretary of +Europa Riccardo Magi and by the Iv group leader Maria Elena Boschi (who did not sign some of them on signatures and multiple candidatures).

Among the proposed changes, one also comes from Futuro Nazionale and asks for preferences without blocked list leaders. "We don't like this law and we won't vote for it", Roberto Vannacci goes on the attack. However, no surprises should come this week from the votes in the commission, where the center-right enjoys a large majority. All eyes are instead focused on the next one when, starting from September 30th after a new mini-slip decided by group leaders due to a traffic jam of decrees, the text will arrive in the Chamber at Montecitorio. By then the centre-left will re-present the same modification proposals submitted to the commission. And this, they underline in a joint note Pd-M5s-Avs-+Eu and IV "despite the government thinking about trust" with a choice that betrays "its difficulties" and divisions. It's a reform, they go on the attack with the Dem Chiara Braga which arises from the fact that "they fear losing the elections". For M5s it is a "disastrous and dangerous" law that arises only from Meloni's desire to remain in power.