Reforms, the Senate accelerates. Renzi Thursdays in the classroom. And tomorrow’s meeting … – The Republic

Reforms, the Senate accelerates. Renzi Thursdays in the classroom. And tomorrow's meeting … – The Republic

ROME – The premier Matteo Renzi is optimistic now that the Senate constitutional reform seems to be heading towards a fast approval on first reading. It is not excluded that the prime minister himself can intervene Thursday in the Senate before the final go-ahead of the House. “How many people would have bet 20 days ago that we got to where we are? And ‘a historical thing. E’ was reduced the number of people living with politics and policy,” said the prime minister stopped by journalists on the streets of downtown Rome . The timing invites you to keep your guard up: “You have to have the pace of the marathon runner, not the sprinter. The Italians are asking us to change and we will change.” But remember that there is still much to be done, starting with the public administration.

The Senate Chamber was reunited to continue the examination of the Bill Woods, after voting trust the government maxi-amendment to the decree on public administration. Today been approved items 13,14,16,17,18 and 20: it was introduced a prior opinion of the constitutionality of electoral laws by the See and, in the event of postponement of by-laws to the Chamber by the President of the Republic, are granted has thirty days more time for the conversion. In addition, the Head of State may request message with a new reasoned deliberation also limited to specific parts of a bill and introduced a substantial ban the so-called omnibus decrees, ie, those which contain provisions on matters not homogeneous. On Articles 10, 11, 12 and 15, which relate to the legislative process, the speakers are working on a text that has the broadest agreement.

The majority lived instead a shudder on the amendment submitted by the ‘dissident’ PD Felice Casson, who left the Senate the power to grant “a two-thirds majority” amnesty and pardon. It ‘was rejected, by secret ballot, with 143 votes against, 141 in favor and 3 abstentions. The pardon and amnesty will therefore only competence of the Chamber of Deputies. Three senators ‘dissidents’ of the Democratic Party
were absent during the vote. It is Corradino Mineo, Massimo and Paolo Corsini Mucchetti. Absent ‘forced’, Mineo himself explains: “I was away for a family problem. Did not know of the secret ballot and I was not reached in time. Mucchetti there is an absence of serious and also known to Chiti. Corsini has a high fever. ” So attacks: “The political fact is that they have lost control of the Senate. Blackmail When there is no danger of going under. This is a bad law, I will vote against the referendum and I hope that the buds.”

But the opposition remain on a war footing. Sel, who seemed to have an open dialogue with the government in recent days, said she was unhappy with the concessions of the Minister Woods and mustering opposition. “The government’s responses are absolutely unsatisfactory,” said the parent company Loredana De Petris, asking to lower the number of signatures required by the laws of popular initiative and referendum. And the De Petris asks the League and M5s to return to the House: “We appeal to other opposition because return in plenary to continue to vigorously oppose this reform.”

The invitation was rejected by the M5s: “There are no new facts to change your mind,” said Senator Maurizio Buccarella, according to which the reform is “a scandal.” The League instead is back in the classroom, but reserves the right to decide the position held on the final vote.

Renzi: “We will tune up Italicum” . Even on the electoral law the President of the Council is convinced he can close soon. “We want the ability to make reforms and I am optimistic that we will find an agreement on the electoral law. Then we must focus on the real problems of the people and we are doing it,” said Renzi. Tomorrow morning we will be meeting with Silvio Berlusconi to determine the changes to be made all’Italicum: it speaks of the introduction of preferences, but stuck with the leaders, to raise the threshold to 40% to avoid a runoff and decrease to 4% the threshold barrier for parties.

And this morning was held in a Senate meeting of the small center parties to discuss the majority of the electoral law and to take stock of the law of stability around the corner. “On the electoral law can not do without us” is the warning issued to Renzi in the meeting, a warning to avoid any changes that occur only on the axis all’Italicum Renzi-Berlusconi. The meeting was attended by the former Minister for Reforms, Quagliariello (Ncd), Lorenzo Cesa with Antonio De Poli, De Mita, Dellai, Mazziotti and Balduzzi, in addition to Mario Mauro and Lucio Romano.

For the former Minister for Reforms Quagliariello the electoral law requires changes “in the light of the reform of bicameralism” and should therefore “take account of the new institutional set-up and fit into this context.” However, he stresses, “so be it meeting Renzi-Berlusconi.”

Meanwhile
grow in the Democratic Party voices against the preferences: Gianni Cuperlo has been added to Roberto Giachetti and prodiana Sandra Paw, who is also vice-chairman of the party, demanding a return to the roots: the single-member constituencies.
Cricket Calls for clarity on the pact of the Nazarene . “What’s in the Covenant of the Nazarene? # Renzimetticilafaccia.” And ‘the title of a blog post by Beppe Grillo in which is shown the text of the Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi signed by two of the most prominent parliamentary pentastellati, Alessandro Di Battista and Luigi Di Maio. In the question is asked, in the light of numerous meetings between the prime minister and Silvio Berlusconi, to make known “the content of what is now commonly called the covenant of the Nazarene.”