Rome, 27 June (LaPresse) – “In the end, the truth always comes out. For years they’ve been talking about regions, citizens, sovereignty and democracy. Then, when a proposal is put forward to give Italians back the right to truly choose their own MPs, the Lega stands in the way.” So says Futuro Nazionale in a post commenting on the matter. “In an interview with *La Repubblica*, Igor Iezzi makes it clear: ‘if an amendment on preferential voting were to be tabled, the League would vote against it’. In other words: closed lists are better. Appointed candidates are better. MPs chosen by party secretariats rather than by voters are better. So let’s put it bluntly: those who fear preferential voting fear the people. Not us! We want Italians to go back to writing a name on their ballot paper. We want those who enter Parliament to be accountable to the citizens, not to party bosses. We want politics chosen from the bottom up, not imposed from above. And if anyone is trembling at the thought of Vannacci and Futuro Nazionale, the reason is simple: we are demanding what they fear.”
Electoral law, FnV: ‘The League is afraid of the people’
Rome, 27 June (LaPresse) – “In the end, the truth always comes out. For years they’ve been talking about regions, citizens, sovereignty and democracy. Then, when a proposal is put forward to give Italians back the right to truly choose their own MPs, the Lega stands in the way.” So says Futuro Nazionale in a post commenting on the matter. “In an interview with *La Repubblica*, Igor Iezzi makes it clear: ‘if an amendment on preferential voting were to be tabled, the League would vote against it’. In other words: closed lists are better. Appointed candidates are better. MPs chosen by party secretariats rather than by voters are better. So let’s put it bluntly: those who fear preferential voting fear the people. Not us! We want Italians to go back to writing a name on their ballot paper. We want those who enter Parliament to be accountable to the citizens, not to party bosses. We want politics chosen from the bottom up, not imposed from above. And if anyone is trembling at the thought of Vannacci and Futuro Nazionale, the reason is simple: we are demanding what they fear.”
