La government majority overcomes the first hurdle on the Electoral lawThe Hall of the Camera he rejected with 229 votes against and 151 in favor preliminary questions of constitutionality presented by the opposition. The vote took place in secretThere was some confusion just before the vote was given, when the president-in-office Lorenzo Fontana had to intervene several times to ask the deputies to remain seated while voting: some of them had repeatedly left their seats before the counting.
Electoral law: the majority in the Chamber overcomes the first hurdle
In fact, the wait for today was characterized by fears and suspicions for what is – from many quarters – indicated as the crucial point of the legislature, that is, the electoral reform: as of today, the first of the two secret ballot votes has gone; the other is expected next week.
Moreover, attention continues to be at its highest and the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni He has said on several occasions that a misstep in the Chamber could have consequences for the entire legislature, especially if such a misstep were to come on the final secret vote on the measure: on the calendar all eyes are on the 7 and8 October, therefore after at least three votes of confidence on three of the four articles addressed in the Senate. And, therefore, in a climate that is anything but relaxed, we continue to look at the possible majority snipers: the ones under special observation in the centre-right remain the League and FI, who have always been the least enthusiastic about the Stabilicum.
Electoral law, Vannacci's position
And the Vannaccians? Speaking in the Chamber of Montecitorio, Edward Ziello di National future – the party, in fact, which is headed by Roberto Vannacci – speaking in the voting statements on the constitutional preliminary issues, he declared: “This is an electoral law that further robs the people of sovereignty, and that is why we will oppose it in the appropriate forums, but we cannot vote in favor of ridiculous preliminary issues, just as ridiculous are the arguments put forward in this Chamber by this herd of runaways.”
