If the Chamber rejects the Italicum, the Renzi government goes home. It was the premier himself who said it during an interview with "Otto e mezzo" on La7.
Faced with a question from Lilli Gruber on the possible fall of the government in the event that the electoral reform does not pass the Montecitorio exam, Renzi replied bluntly: "I really think so." And he added: the effect of a possible negative vote on the government “is completely evident, because it is as if the parliamentarians were saying“ Go home ”.
Renzi, however, said he was confident and convinced that the Italicum and therefore the Government can make it and that, after nine years of inconclusive debates, Parliament can finally approve an electoral reform that cancels the Porcellum, already rejected by the Constitutional Court , and avoid going to the next political elections with the so-called Consultellum which, being ultra-proportional, would fragment the future Parliament making governance impossible.
Despite being the result of an inevitable political compromise, the Italicum - according to the premier - is undoubtedly better than both the Porcellum and the Consultellum because it avoids mess-ups and bargaining and allows whoever wins the elections to govern. For this reason Renzi has not spared a shot at Silvio Berlusconi considering it inexplicable that Forza Italia does not want to vote in favor of Italicum in the Chamber after having approved it in the Senate only because Renzi rejected the proposal of the Forza Italia leader to reject the rise of a gentleman like Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale.
In anticipation of the crucial week, which will open on Monday with the final exam in the Montecitorio courtroom, the Government collects the confirmation of the rating from the Fitch agency which has kept the rating on the Italian public debt unchanged and rated it "stable" the outlook.
