Rome, 5 Oct. (LaPresse) – “The government has just called a vote of confidence on the electoral law; this means that our initiative now inevitably has the government – and therefore Prime Minister Meloni – as its counterpart, as she has taken it upon herself to prevent Parliament from examining just over 50 amendments, some of which could have remedied the obvious unconstitutional aspects of this electoral law. The sole reason – purely political, not procedural – for calling a vote of confidence is to avoid stumbling blocks and prevent incidents within the majority. We hold this bill in very low regard; we consider it an anti-democratic law, one that turns a minority in the country into an overwhelming majority in Parliament. However, there is one aspect we find unacceptable and intolerable, and that is the barrier to electoral competition: 450,000 signatures are required for new parties – that is more than the number of votes received by the majority political groups currently sitting in Parliament and who will be voting on this electoral law. Furthermore, the use of digital signatures is prohibited. For this reason, I have today written, with the utmost respect, to the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, explaining the reasons behind my non-violent initiative, in the hope that he can and will understand how this would mark the beginning of our democracy’s transformation into something other than a democracy.” So said the secretary of +Europa, Riccardo Magi, during the flash mob organised outside Palazzo Chigi following the government’s motion of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies on the first three articles of the electoral law. Magi, accompanied by around ten leaders and activists, was outside the government headquarters (where bilateral talks are taking place between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Jansa).
Electoral law: ‘+Eu’ flash mob outside Palazzo Chigi
Rome, 5 Oct. (LaPresse) – “The government has just called a vote of confidence on the electoral law; this means that our initiative now inevitably has the government – and therefore Prime Minister Meloni – as its counterpart, as she has taken it upon herself to prevent Parliament from examining just over 50 amendments, some of which could have remedied the obvious unconstitutional aspects of this electoral law. The sole reason – purely political, not procedural – for calling a vote of confidence is to avoid stumbling blocks and prevent incidents within the majority. We hold this bill in very low regard; we consider it an anti-democratic law, one that turns a minority in the country into an overwhelming majority in Parliament. However, there is one aspect we find unacceptable and intolerable, and that is the barrier to electoral competition: 450,000 signatures are required for new parties – that is more than the number of votes received by the majority political groups currently sitting in Parliament and who will be voting on this electoral law. Furthermore, the use of digital signatures is prohibited. For this reason, I have today written, with the utmost respect, to the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, explaining the reasons behind my non-violent initiative, in the hope that he can and will understand how this would mark the beginning of our democracy’s transformation into something other than a democracy.” So said the secretary of +Europa, Riccardo Magi, during the flash mob organised outside Palazzo Chigi following the government’s motion of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies on the first three articles of the electoral law. Magi, accompanied by around ten leaders and activists, was outside the government headquarters (where bilateral talks are taking place between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Jansa).