And now? And now the referendum. Because to erase forever the perfect bicameralism Ordinamento the Italian State two years of commuting between the House and Senate have not been enough. As required by Article 138 of the Constitution: the law is equal for all but the laws are not all equal. Some, in fact, are more important than others and to be able to dip into, not just the vote of the Parliament, serving the opinion of the people. And then, of course, the referendum. But a special referendum, which is called confirmatory, which will be held in October and it basically works with an antithetical mechanism than that, repeal the drills, so Italians will be called to speak Sunday, April 17. But let’s go step by step.
the definitive yes House
Tuesday, April 12, with 361 yes, seven no, two abstained and the opposition on the Aventine, the House approved once and for all the constitutional reform – the so-called draft bill Woods – that after seventy years of honorable service in the attic sends the equal bicameral (House and Senate are equal and work in parallel), reduced to one third of the Senate (which He will no longer be elected by universal suffrage, but it will be a kind of assembly of regional representatives and mayors) and subject only to the MPs to vote on confidence in the government.
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Reform, “historic achievement”, is the day the Minister Maria Elena Boschi
Reform, “historic achievement”, is the day the Minister Maria Elena Boschi
Reform, “historic achievement”, is the day the Minister Maria Elena Boschi
Reform, “historic achievement”, is the day the Minister Maria Elena Boschi
Reform, “historic achievement”, is the day the Minister Maria Elena Boschi
Reform, “historic achievement”, is the day the Minister Maria Elena Boschi
Two years of discussions
A laborious gestation, along the journey begun 18 January 2014, was accompanied by a series of unlikely alliances (the Nazarene pact between Renzi and Berlusconi), sickly broken (the back of Forza Italy a year later because of lack of agreement on the election of the President of the Republic) and opportunistic returns (the Denis Verdini and its support during the second reading in the Senate in October 2015).
An extra step
and a gestation that, in fact, having been exhausting and not having enjoyed that broad consensus that seems to be able to enjoy in the first instance, involves an extra step. Says the fact that our fundamental charter, to approve or amend a law with constitutional status – is the case of Senate reform – text must be approved twice a minimum distance from each branch of Parliament for three months (the logic is so that the uncertainties can repent). But, more importantly, on the second pass, the House and Senate must pass the bill with a majority of two thirds of the members. Only in this way the president can sign and send the text to the printing of the Official Journal.
Numbers Matter
Something that has not happened, since October 13 palazzo Madama approved with 179 votes in favor out of a total of 321 seats (55.7%, while serving 75%). Same music Tuesday, April 12 in the House: 361 yes, but used it 472. It is for this reason that the bill Woods has now need an extra step: that is the opinion of the people. Through a referendum, however, a bit ‘special, that type is confirmed.
A special referendum
In a nutshell, it is a referendum where you can finally vote yes if you agree, and no if you are opposed. On the contrary, that is, with respect to consultation on drills that we will have to express ourselves Sunday, April 17 (in that case who does not want that we continue to drill sine die mare nostrum will vote yes).
About index the referendum
What the referendum for a law with constitutional status is however not a necessary act and his proclamation is not automatic. Within three months of parliamentary approval, in fact, is one-fifth of the members of a House, five hundred thousand voters or five regional councils to have to ask that this law is subject to referendum.
quorum Nothing
But be careful. Unlike the referendum, to confirmatory consultation – which in all likelihood will be held next October – the Constitution does not require a quorum, or a minimum number of voters on eligible voters, for the validity of the constitutional referendum. The referendum, virtually, could pass the bill even if were to go to the polls in three, and two were to vote yes.
Previous (more or less) hazardous
so far they have kept only two: October 7, 2001, in a bipartisan-sponsored by the center and center and ended with ‘approval of the law on federalism which amended Title V of Part II of the Constitution; on 25 and 26 June 2006, instead wanted by the Berlusconi government and only ended with the rejection of a proposal to amend Part II of the Constitution. Even then, in addition to the prime ministership strong and reducing the number of deputies, he had tried to undermine the mechanism now considered too slow for the perfect bicameralism. It’s really the right time?
mdelbarba@corriere.it
April 13, 2016 (modified April 13, 2016 | 11:12)
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