In view of the final sprint on the Italicum and in line with what was established by the majority of the assembly of deputies of the party, the bureau of the Pd of the Chamber has decided the replacement in the Constitutional Affairs commission of 10 dissident members who would never have voted yes to the new electoral law and that they have in fact presented 11 amendments out of a total of 125 advanced by all parliamentary groups.
Prominent figures of the Democratic Party are also leaving the Commission such as the former secretary Pierluigi Bersani, the president of the Antimafia Rosy Bindi and the former president Gianni Cuperlo who promise to demonstrate their intentions at the time of the discussion of the law in the classroom starting from next April 27th.
After a thousand discussions and after the unequivocal expression of the party line, expressed by a large majority in thelast assembly of deputies, Prime Minister Renzi said that he could no longer prevaricate and decided, pursuant to the regulation of the Chamber, to provide for the temporary replacement of the dissidents in order to pave the way, at least in the Commission, for the approval of the reform.
Very hard the reactions of the dissidents even if previously, starting from Cuperlo, many had offered their willingness to leave the commission, realizing that they were not an expression of the line of the majority of the party. Now the battle will present in the courtroom.
The Renzians reminded the minority of the party that, since we are not dealing with cases of conscience but an exclusively political question, dissidence has a duty of loyalty to the line expressed by the majority of the party in which she was elected and in which she serves. But for now we are at odds with each other.
Beyond the process of the provision that will be resumed today in the Commission, the possibility remains open for the Government to appeal to the vote of confidence to finally approve the reform. Minorities of all groups oppose it but Prime Minister Matteo Renzi hasn't decided yet but he certainly takes into account the fact that even the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, while fully respecting the rules of democracy, insists that Parliament finally get approval of an electoral law that replaces the Porcellum and has made it known that he will not raise objections on the use of trust because it is not his matter.
Finally, a warning to the minority came from the deputy secretary of the Democratic Party, Guerini who said "The Democratic Party has made a commitment to the voters to replace the Porcellum with a new electoral law and that, if the Democratic Party falls, the entire Italian political system falls" , with serious consequences for the entire country at a time when, for the first time in many years, the possibility of an economic recovery is glimmering.
