Rome, 27 June (LaPresse) – “The Financial Times perfectly captures what is happening in Italy: Giorgia Meloni is rewriting the electoral rules to stay in power. This confirms what we have been denouncing for months. The right wing wants to impose an electoral law that deprives citizens of the right to choose their own representatives, by reintroducing closed lists and concentrating even more power in the hands of party leaderships. It is a move that undermines democratic representation.” So said Angelo Bonelli, co-spokesperson for Europa Verde and MP for Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra. “It is incredible that Italy is the only major European democracy to have changed its electoral law five times in the last thirty years. The rules of democracy are not rewritten for political convenience. “This reform is seriously flawed and clearly unconstitutional, because it restricts representation and undermines citizens’ right to choose their elected representatives,” he adds. “Changing the rules of the game on the eve of an election is the act of those who fear the judgement of the Italian people. If Meloni truly had confidence in the support she claims to have, she would not need a tailor-made electoral law. Whilst the majority is focused on cementing its own power, it continues to ignore the country’s real emergencies: over 2.4 million households in energy poverty, nearly 6 million people who are foregoing or postponing medical treatment for financial reasons or due to waiting lists, and 5.7 million people living in absolute poverty. These are the problems facing Italians, not Giorgia Meloni’s electoral convenience,” concludes Bonelli.
Electoral law, Bonelli: ‘Meloni is changing the rules to stay in power’
Rome, 27 June (LaPresse) – “The Financial Times perfectly captures what is happening in Italy: Giorgia Meloni is rewriting the electoral rules to stay in power. This confirms what we have been denouncing for months. The right wing wants to impose an electoral law that deprives citizens of the right to choose their own representatives, by reintroducing closed lists and concentrating even more power in the hands of party leaderships. It is a move that undermines democratic representation.” So said Angelo Bonelli, co-spokesperson for Europa Verde and MP for Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra. “It is incredible that Italy is the only major European democracy to have changed its electoral law five times in the last thirty years. The rules of democracy are not rewritten for political convenience. “This reform is seriously flawed and clearly unconstitutional, because it restricts representation and undermines citizens’ right to choose their elected representatives,” he adds. “Changing the rules of the game on the eve of an election is the act of those who fear the judgement of the Italian people. If Meloni truly had confidence in the support she claims to have, she would not need a tailor-made electoral law. Whilst the majority is focused on cementing its own power, it continues to ignore the country’s real emergencies: over 2.4 million households in energy poverty, nearly 6 million people who are foregoing or postponing medical treatment for financial reasons or due to waiting lists, and 5.7 million people living in absolute poverty. These are the problems facing Italians, not Giorgia Meloni’s electoral convenience,” concludes Bonelli.
