Electoral law, the center-right initiates contacts. The opposition raises the wall

As announced yesterday at the end of the summit a Chigi palacethe group leaders of the majority in the Chamber – after meeting to agree on the moves to be implemented – they started contacts with the group leaders of the oppositions.

The first phone calls started in the afternoon, between one vote and another on the fuel decree and during breaks in the work of theClassroom. The invitation addressed to the group leaders of centre-left is to open the discussion on reform of the electoral law.

But the chances that dialogue can take off between the two sides are very low. In fact, the opposition reiterates its no to the text of the centre-right deposited at Montecitorio and we insist on the need to clear the field, before any confrontation, from proportional with majority bonus.

The preconditions of the oppositions

Not only that. For the opposition, united on this (with the exception of Actionnot so much on the merit but on the method), the precondition is that the electoral reform is not a priority and, therefore, willingness to dialogue with the majority but only on issues that have a direct impact on Italians, starting from salary (it is clear for example the Pd).

The suspicion of a bluff

But what amazes the opposition most, or rather, what represents for them a confirmation that it is just a bluff of Melons and allies, is that “when hearing the majority on the phone” one has “the clear feeling that they are the first to not believe it”, reports more than one minority representative contacted.

Essentially, the content of the phone calls would be: “Are you available to talk to us about electoral law?”.

The center-right received the only availability for a first meeting from Actiongive it Autonomy and by some deputies of the Mixed not members of any component (among whose ranks are, for example, the three Vannacciani).

The next meetings

Majority sources report that the first meetings will be held at 4pm tomorrow. The wall raised by centre-left it’s a own goalsay the majority forces.

The line of oppositionstherefore, does not change: we do not offer any support to centre-right. The only objective, is the belief, of the move Melons “is to download to the centre-left the responsibility not to change together electoral law“.

But, it is underlined, “they were the first to have decided alone and not to have wanted to discuss before presenting a text which, for us, remains inadmissible”, is the leitmotif of dem, Avs, M5s, Iv e More Europe.

Criticisms from the opposition

“We took note of the first contacts, but a genuine opening would have come from the beginning”, insist i five-starred. Also for Iv it is a “surreal proposal” in “such a delicate moment for Italians, with theinflation galloping and the shopping cart more and more expensive.”

The majority’s response

For the majority “if they don’t want to sit at the table they do a own goalthey simply do us a favor”, cuts off one of the center-right’s big names, “but then don’t complain that we are going forward alone”.

“The political data that emerged from yesterday’s summit – observes the leader of We moderates Maurizio Lupi – is that we deliberately did not go into the merits and technical details of the various proposals, otherwise it would seem that the dialogue we are proposing was fake”.

The point, in short, is to understand who today wants a electoral system that allows us to govern and those who, politically speaking, instead support a draw or a perspective that would relegate theItalia all’instabilityis the majority position.

The times of the reform

The timing? As for when the reform will be launched, “it depends on them – he cuts it short Wolves – give more time if on the other side there is availability for a shared electoral law”.

Also FI he insists on dialogue: “We have a proposal, we are willing to discuss, if they don’t want to discuss it is their choice. We have always said it, the electoral law must be made together with the opposition, the task of the majority is to make a proposal, then let’s sit around a table and see what they want to do. Otherwise the no becomes specious”, he observes Antonio Tajani.

“It’s a shame”, majority sources explained at the end of the day, “the rules of the game they change together.”

Hypotheses for changes to the text

Meanwhile in the centre-right, while the committee hearingsdiscussions continue on the changes to be made to the text. The organizational manager of is putting forward a hypothesis FdI, Giovanni Donzelli which, after listening to some constitutionalistsrepeats: “Nothing is pre-established, we are ready for any change, there is no closed package”.

The majority prize

Donzelli then probes the hypothesis of a modification to the majority prizereducing it, but only to Camera (in the text the prize, which is triggered only if at least the 40% of votes and is equal to 70 deputies e 35 senators) leaving it intact instead Senate.

The issue of governability in the Senate

This is because, the reasoning goes, a Madama palace “there is a risk of having a majority that does not allow the governability daily”, it would be enough for “a minister or an undersecretary to be missing because they are busy” and we risk not having the numbers.