Renzi blinda the Italicum: 190 “yes” The minority leaves the assembly – The Messenger

With 190 “yes”, that all present, of 310 possible votes, the Italicum passes after the dramatic night meeting of the Democratic Party.

deflagrate, in other words, the clash inside the Democratic Party on the electoral law. Nth appeal of the minority to change the Italicum, Matteo Renzi says no. It warns that the fate of the government is bound “in good and evil,” the approval of this text as it is, without changing even a comma. It is the failure of all attempts at mediation: Robert Hope any implications and resigned as leader. The minority asks to suspend the work of the Assembly, but it goes on. So Civati, Bindi, Fassina, D’Attorre and others get up and go away. Pier Luigi Bersani remains and speaks: “If you want, you can change. If you do not want to do it, I’m not convinced, if you go on like this I’m not. “

In the end, yes all’Italicum passed with 190 votes, while the unanimity of the present appeal lacks all the members of the minority, the non-voters were 120: almost a third of the group. Renzi, in his speech of reply, reiterated his reasons but asks Hope further reflection on the reasons for his resignation and proposes an ad hoc meeting for next week. Area reformist, the component of Hope, decides not to participate in the vote of the assembly but still, why do not you interpret the break as a harbinger of division. The situation is still recoverable, according to the most moderate: even the resignation of the parent company, emphasizes Matteo Mauri, are not ‘final’.

In opening the meeting of deputies, Renzi is moderate in tone, net in substance: it’s time to “close the debate on the electoral law in a definitive way”, punctuates immediately. No surprise for the minority: Roberto Hope and Gianni Cuperlo, trying extreme mediation, in the afternoon, the Secretary-premier offered very little room. The only concession the opening to “further changes to the constitutional reform,” which is currently before the Senate. But the request to change the text dell’Italicum is rejected.

 Not only that, says the prime minister, because “technically” the law is “in line with the proposed since the time of the Olive,” and because politically it’s time to close the chapter of reform and move forward with the agenda of the government , by the decrees tax, in CDM April 21 and June 16, interception (“You have to close the game”) to combat poverty. Renzi put to the vote his line, already approved by a majority of the direction Pd: a final approval to the electoral law in the House in May. The Prime Minister makes no mention of the possibility – against which the opposition parties have appealed to President Mattarella – to put confidence in the House. But even the rule. And above all’Italicum warns that “this government is totally tied for good or bad,” partly because the text is the result of an agreement in the majority that led to the lowering of the electoral threshold in exchange for the award of the list and not to coalition. If it collapses the electoral law, is the subtext, threatens to collapse the government.

It is an invitation to rediscover its unity and move on, what turns Renzi its Members. “The mediation on the law, there was: just tones by Armageddon,” especially – he says – not to give his side the “jackals” who are out there. But the minority dem look at the substance. The “dissent sull’Italicum is profound,” says Hope, speaking immediately after the premier. Confirms its support to the government and the Democratic Party, but admits the personal defeat: “I’m not in a position to drive this boat so I commend my term as President, and I do not stop hoping that we are committing this error is resolved.”

Gianni Cuperlo took the floor to ask to suspend the meeting: you can not go ahead without the parent. Rosy Bindi asks Renzi “the magnanimous act” to stop the work, as a matter of “style and sensibility.” But it goes on. Stefano Fassina and Goofy Civati ​​go away. Bindi and others with them. “See you in the House,” announced. But the meeting continued with Dario Franceschini who took the floor to say that after having “taken up by the hair the Legislature can not be derailed it” and invites those who, like Bersani and Cuperlo has had responsibility in the party, not to go away not promote fractures. Bersani captures the availability of Renzi to mediate on constitutional reform, but demands substantial changes: not just a correction of the facade.

 Finally in closing the meeting, Renzi says: “All members of the committee voted to accept the assembly on the electoral law.” It defines the “common sense the award Cuperlo ‘, which would be to not ask the substitutions of individual Members but put to the Bureau an overall assessment.