“The Government can go on living if its program is convincing, with a new pact, with perspectives focused on the problems of people, businesses and the country. In the life of nations, the mistake of not knowing how to seize the moment can be irreparable. I'll get straight to the heart of the matter: Italy runs a risk that could be fatal, irreparable. Averting this risk, seizing or not seizing the moment depends on us, on the choices we will make in this House, on a yes or a no”.
These are some of the words that Prime Minister Enrico Letta used in the morning to ask for confidence in Parliament, also recalling the results obtained by the Government in recent months and evoking the risks of going immediately, as requested by many, to early elections, which " would lead to ungovernability” with this electoral system, which would do nothing but “replicate a situation of broad agreements”. If we went back to voting with the Porcellum "we would in fact find ourselves again with broad agreements because a clear majority would not be produced". “Stability must be pursued as an absolute value to be pursued and practiced – Enrico Letta said again, recalling Italy's progress from 46 to 68 when, thanks to stability – all Italians know the benefits of that time”.
“These 5 months of government have already brought about a first significant tax relief for Italians. To those who argue, I point out that thanks to the government less taxes have been paid for 3 billion. These too are facts, not postponements", said Letta, responding to Silvio Berlusconi's criticisms: "In a democratic state, sentences are respected, applied, without prejudice to the intangible right of defense but without treatment either ad ad or contram personam". the prime minister also said, recalling that Berlusconi's legal affairs must not affect the fate of the country. The Knight for his part has already launched a small signal of opening by declaring: "We will listen to Letta and then we will decide". In reality, beyond the position taken by its leader, an increasing part of the centre-right would seem to be mobilizing in favor of the survival of this executive.
In fact, the prediction is that we are moving towards yes: in the morning even a loyalist of the Cavaliere, Roberto Formigoni, expressly stated that he will vote yes. 318 will vote in the Senate (President Grasso and two life senators do not participate) and the minimum majority required is 161: if the whole PDL votes against Letta, it can reach a maximum of 144, and therefore the Government would fall. But according to a more realistic estimate, the current prime minister could count on support close to 180 votes (with as many as 40 MPs leaving the PDL).
