In the constitutional referendum the NO wins hands down, even going beyond its expectations. At the end of the counting, the opponents of the reform proposed by the Renzi government are 59,1%, against 40,9% of the favorable ones. The difference in votes is close to 20%, equal to about two and a half million ballots. A plebiscite that does not allow for replies, above all because the turnout was very high: 68,48% voted of those entitled. The YES has managed to establish itself only in three regions (Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna and Trentino Alto Adige) and in the vote of Italians abroad.
The result is therefore unappealable and sounds like a severe rejection of the government and the prime minister Matteo Renzi: "Thanks to all, anyway", the prime minister tweeted around midnight, before his televised speech during which he formalized his inevitable resignation: "Tomorrow, Monday, I will convene the council of ministers for the last time - he said – I will thank all my colleagues for these thousand days of government and I will go up to the Quirinale where I will put my mandate back in the hands of President Mattarella. I take full responsibility for the defeat. Citizens have chosen clearly and clearly, I am proud of such a high turnout. Long live Italy that participates and does not stand by and watch. Thanks to Agnese for the effort of these thousand days and for how splendidly she represented the country. Thanks to my children” concluded the Prime Minister.
The reactions from the opponents of the Democratic Party were not long in coming. “Goodbye Renzi”: now “Italians must be called to vote as soon as possible – he wrote Beppe Grillo on his blog – The fastest, most realistic and most concrete thing to go to the vote right away is to go there with a law that already exists: the Italicum”.
Along the same lines the leader of the League, Matteo Salvini: “We respectfully await the ruling of the Consulta (on Italicum, ed), which we hope will arrive soon. But regardless of any choice of the Consulta we are ready to vote as soon as possible with any electoral law. We don't think that Italy can afford months of debate on the new electoral law”.
From the ranks of Forza Italia, however, Renato Brunetta he invites the governing party to propose a new team for the executive: "The Democratic Party has a duty to form another government, given that it has the majority in Parliament, but without Renzi".
At this point the word passes to the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, which will have to decide whether or not to accept the resignation of this government, and possibly whether to dissolve the chambers to go to early elections or try to form a new executive.
Meanwhile, the moment of reckoning is approaching in the Democratic Party: “We will convene the leadership of the Democratic Party probably as early as Tuesday for the evaluation of the outcome of the vote and indications on the political initiatives to be taken”, announced the deputy secretary of the Democratic Party, Lorenzo Guerini.
