Brothers of Italy exposes the Democratic Party. “We understand the instrumental nature of the presentation” of this amendment on ‘free’ preferences, but “if you had wanted to approve preferences there were several opportunities in the Chamber, in particular one where preferences were defeated by a single vote and following that vote we remember the celebrations by the opposition. You cannot celebrate the non-introduction of preferences in the Chamber and then propose them in the Senate, it is quite clear that the attempt is to split the center-right. But we, between a Democratic Party amendment that is instrumental and not aimed at really having them, and maintaining the agreements within the majority that have allowed the reintroduction of preferences since 1992, we have no doubts: we keep our word, introduce preferences and we will vote against this amendment.” Said bluntly by the president of the Brothers of Italy senators, Lucio Malan, during the declaration of vote on the sub-amendment for the introduction of ‘free’ preferences of the opposition to the electoral law.
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“The impression is that the left is a bit allergic to popular sovereignty. I understand that you wa…
“It is curious that the left keeps saying that it is a law made by President Meloni and the center-right because we fear losing. If you are really so sure of losing, we hope so for the good of Italy while the left says it is certain to win the elections, because Italians are disappointed. It is a contradiction – he continues -. The things that are criticized as annulment of democracy, unconstitutional and an affront to the Constitution were voted by the center-left or part of it a few years ago. Renzi’s ‘Italicum’ provided a majority bonus with a threshold at 40% and not 42%. If the center-right proposes it, it is an attack on democracy, autocracy, a man or woman alone in command.”
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And so the Senate Chamber rejected, with 68 yes and 99 no votes, the sub-amendment first signed by the Democrat Dario Parrini to abolish blocked top candidates and provide for preference voting. On the proposed change to the majority amendment to the electoral law, the government left it to the Chamber. After the vote, shouts of ‘Shame!’ came from the opposition benches.