With the first of three votes of confidence, the final battle on the Italicum came to life today in the Chamber, over which the tussle was unleashed after the Government's decision to resort to confidence in response to Forza Italia's request for a secret ballot . The first round brings Renzi home: broad confidence, with 352 yes (out of a required quorum of 280), 207 no and one abstention.
While awaiting the other two trusts, scheduled for tomorrow, and the definitive vote scheduled for next week, Montecitorio therefore gives a first yes to the new electoral law, and today's vote also shows a rift within the Pd minority (the one which, if compacted, would seriously fear for the final vote, by secret ballot, next week): 50 deputies from the Bersani area, while disagreeing on the use of confidence, finally decided to vote in favour. “I'm not leaving the Democratic Party, we have to go back to the Democratic Party. Renzi did the improper act of trusting, not me,” said former secretary Pierluigi Bersani.
