The day has been set and the fight is reignited. The Senate Chamber will express itself with an open vote on the decadence of Silvio Berlusconi Wednesday 27th November, after the approval of the Stability law. The conference of the group leaders of Palazzo Madama decided it today by majority, with the vote against the Movimento 5 Stelle and Sel, who would have liked to bring the vote forward. Since this was not a unanimous decision, it is probable that the timetable will have to be confirmed by the House.
"In our opinion there was time to vote before the stability law - said Loredana De Petris, from Sel - and in any case November 27 may not be the date of the vote, given that the Pdl has raised a preliminary ruling on the validity of the decision of the Election Board", reiterating the protest against the comments posted on Facebook by Vito Crimi (M5S) during the meeting.
“We asked President Grasso to evaluate the validity of the meeting – explained Maurizio Gasparri, vice president of the Senate – which in our opinion, even from a disciplinary point of view, raises problems: he told us that a new meeting of the presidency council to discuss it, even if in his opinion there shouldn't be any problem of validity". Luigi Zanda, leader of the Democratic Party in the Senate, also shares Grasso's line: “The problem of validity is totally non-existent from a legal point of view. The vote will be held on the 27th”.
However, the Knight does not give up and relaunches the possible intervention of the Quirinale, emphasizing that the Head of State, Giorgio Napolitano, still has time to grant him clemency on his own initiative. “To have a pardon you must have started serving your sentence – Berlusconi told Bruno Vespa -. So, there would still be time."
