Giorgia Melons pulls Silvio's ears Berlusconi for the gaffe he made on Sergio Mattarella and on the changing of the guard at the Colle. The center-right leader confirms her full support for the popular election of the President of the Republic but she is careful not to confuse it as an unjustified eviction notice to a beloved Head of State like Mattarella.
MELONS: NO HOSTILITY TO MATTARELLA. CHANGE AT THE COLLE NOT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PRESIDENTIALISM BUT IN THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATURE
“There is no declaration of hostility towards Mattarella. We think - Meloni explains to Corriere della Sera - that the most natural and logical thing is that a reform of this magnitude such as the presidentialism, which changes the structure of powers, enters into force not with the government in office, but in the following legislature. Exactly as happened with the reduction in the number of parliamentarians”. Meloni adds that the banner of presidentialism does not arise from contingent reasons but is a long-standing objective of the right which is in any case willing to seek dialogue, if necessary also through the establishment of a new Bicameral for institutional and constitutional reforms.
WHY THE MELONI WANTS THE DIRECT ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC AND NOT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL?
The number one of the Brothers of Italy argues that the popular election of the President of the Republic would give stability to a fragile state like ours which has had 11 different premiers in 20 years against 4 for France, 5 for the United Kingdom and 3 for the Germany. But if the problem is to give stability to the government, it is not clear why the right wants presidentialism applied to the Quirinale and not the direct election of the Prime Minister, as the leader of Italia Viva, Matteo, has been proposing for some time Renzi. But Meloni does not respond to this.
