The milleproroghe that overflows the vase. The latest decree transformed into law by our Parliament has highlighted an all-Italian vice: bulimia from amendments. It's true, traditionally the end-of-year maxi-decree is a cauldron in which a bit of everything ends up, especially when it comes to adjusting the maneuvers launched in the previous months. But this time dal Colle had something to complain about.
In a long time letter addressed to Prime Minister Mario Monti and to the presidents of the Chamber and Senate, Gianfranco Fini and Renato Schifani, the President of the Republic noted that "on the occasion of the recent decree-law milleproroghe 29 December 2011, n. 216 amendments were admitted and approved which introduced provisions in no way connected to the specific extensions contained in the decree-law - writes Giorgio Napolitano -, and not even to the purpose indicated in the premises of guaranteeing the efficiency and effectiveness of the administrative action. The provisions thus introduced, if in possession of the requisites of extraordinary necessity and urgency, should have found a more correct place in a separate specific decree-law".
The Head of State therefore underlines the "need to comply, in assessing the admissibility of the amendments referred to the decrees, to criteria of the same relevance to the specific object of the same and the related purposes, also by adopting - if deemed necessary - the appropriate amendments to the parliamentary regulations". Without these measures, the risk you run is theannulment by the Constitutional Court.
