Rome, 14 July (LaPresse) – “Is Meloni calling for political reflection following the rejection of the amendment on preferential votes? She is the Prime Minister; I believe she has the situation completely under control.” So said Senate President Ignazio La Russa, when approached by reporters near Parliament. La Russa then went on to discuss the rules of procedure, pointing out that “we have a bicameral system” and that “whatever the reasons behind this vote”, “the other chamber – in this case the Senate – has the power to correct or alter the result of the first chamber’s vote”. “So if it was a technicality due to an absence, or something of that sort, it is easy to rectify in the Senate,” explained the leading figure of Fratelli d’Italia, who cited various factors as reasons for the technicality, including the fact that the chair of the chamber was held by one of the vice-presidents: “To put it simply, a centre-right vice-president was in the chair; had a centre-left vice-president been in the chair, the result would have been the opposite, and even if the Speaker of the Chamber had been in the chair, it would have been a tie – I’m talking regardless of the absences.” “If, on the other hand, the reasons were different, Meloni is right and this calls for a period of serious reflection,” La Russa admits, however.
Electoral law, La Russa: “The Senate has the chance to change the outcome; otherwise, serious reflection will be required”
Rome, 14 July (LaPresse) – “Is Meloni calling for political reflection following the rejection of the amendment on preferential votes? She is the Prime Minister; I believe she has the situation completely under control.” So said Senate President Ignazio La Russa, when approached by reporters near Parliament. La Russa then went on to discuss the rules of procedure, pointing out that “we have a bicameral system” and that “whatever the reasons behind this vote”, “the other chamber – in this case the Senate – has the power to correct or alter the result of the first chamber’s vote”. “So if it was a technicality due to an absence, or something of that sort, it is easy to rectify in the Senate,” explained the leading figure of Fratelli d’Italia, who cited various factors as reasons for the technicality, including the fact that the chair of the chamber was held by one of the vice-presidents: “To put it simply, a centre-right vice-president was in the chair; had a centre-left vice-president been in the chair, the result would have been the opposite, and even if the Speaker of the Chamber had been in the chair, it would have been a tie – I’m talking regardless of the absences.” “If, on the other hand, the reasons were different, Meloni is right and this calls for a period of serious reflection,” La Russa admits, however.
