Last hours before the Italicum vote tonight. The new electoral law is moving towards approval but the oppositions - Fi, Sel, Lega and FdI - will not vote on the text and will leave the Montecitorio hall. Forza Italia announced it first with the parent company Renato Brunetta. The position of M5S is more articulated, as it was willing to remain in the classroom and vote against the new electoral law if the vote was open, while instead it will come out in the case of a secret ballot so as not to side with the other opposition groups.
The request for a secret vote was formalized by the opposition at the end of the morning. It remains to be seen how the "suspicious" of the Democratic Party will behave and whether their number will grow from 38 to around fifty votes against who, barring twists and turns, are unable at this point to stop the approval of the law.
The move by the opposition comes after Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said this morning, on his first visit to the Italian Stock Exchange: "The electoral law that this evening I believe and hope will be approved by parliament" brings "great clarity: for five years the government will be clear, who wins”.
The prime minister had also spoken of a reform that introduces "a system in which our country will finally be able to be a point of reference for political stability", explaining how this is a "precondition" for economic development.
“We are carrying out and implementing the reforms after decades of free speech. This first part of the reforms - she continued - is very substantial but also necessary. It's the abc of rules. We are making electoral law to say that whoever comes first wins the election. They're not particularly brilliant things."
More or less at the same time, the minister for reforms Maria Elena Boschia had tweeted a message, replying to Radio 24 journalist Alessandro Milan who recalled that this is "the 105th 'decisive week' for electoral reform". This is her reply: "In my opinion this is the last #lavoltabuona".
@alinomilan In my opinion this is the last one #the right time. Hello, Maria Elena
— maria elena woods (@meb) May 4, 2015
