Annuities: from the House and Senate to stop convicts – ANSA.it

(ANSA) – Rome, May 7 – Ok Bureau of the Chamber to the resolution that blocks the payment of annuities to former MPs convicted of crimes considered serious. Fi and M5s abandon the session, and representatives of Ap did not participate in the voting. No dissenting votes, the Democratic Party has voted in favor, Sel, Sc, FDI and the League. “We do not participate in the voting. This crap if they vote for themselves,” says Luigi Maio (M5s) leaving the meeting before the vote. An attitude that surprises the Democratic Party: “It ‘was approved – says Anna Rossomando – a balanced proposal. M5s aimed to blow up the approval of the resolution today to switch to the legislative, with a longer time. This attitude is surprising: it is inconsistent given the pressure they had done. ” The resolution provides for the stop to annuities for crimes considered serious and detrimental to the dignity of the office of parliamentary and who covers it. It consists mostly of mafia crimes against the public administration and of guilty on a final in more than two years for common crimes that provide for a standard maximum of no more than six years, in the wake of what the law states Severino. In the vote revealed no votes against. The annuities will not be suspended in the event that the deputy sentenced receives rehabilitation: in that case, after which he will be communicated to the Chamber, the annuities will be paid back from the date of submission of the application legitimately submitted and granted.
” The news of the approval by the bureaux of the House and Senate of the resolution on annuities for MPs convicted is a step forward “, he said in a statement the Bureau of Free. “It is thus achieved the main goal of our campaign of mobilization: the moment when the decision comes into force, in fact, senators and representatives who have been convicted for mafia and corruption will no longer receive the annuity. A result that comes from the co-responsibility, and the stress of more than 520,000 citizens who signed the petition campaign starts again the Future sponsored by the Free and Abel Group, with the support of Change.org “the statement said. (ANSA)