Referendum, ten MPs of the Democratic Party a document in favor of the ‘no’ – The Republic

Ten MPs of the Democratic Party submitted a document where it was considered the ‘no’ in the referendum on the Constitution. Which, they explain, it is not intended as a ‘no’ to the government. The signatories are the senators Corsini, Dirindin, Manconi, Micheloni, Mucchetti, Ricchiuti, Tocci, and the deputies Bossa, Capodicasa and Monaco. The news was a statement of the Democratic Party in the Senate.

THE DOCUMENT. We parliamentarians Pd for the no in the referendum

The MPs argue that their initiative will be twice useful: to hit the referendum debate on the merits and not on questions of party positions or deployment; to give voice to voters and the Democratic Party cadres who do not share the constitutional revision. Notwithstanding the awareness, openly expressed by the signatories in the document, that their position is in dissent from the official of the Democratic Party, but, together, in the belief that, by statute, on principles and constitutional structure, do not give party discipline .

the democratic Party Deputy Secretary Lorenzo Guerini, consulted the House on the document admits he does not share the choice: “I do not share the choice of some of my colleagues in the democratic Party, although as logic, I respect it. I note that , among other things, some of them had voted for the text in the classroom. ” Asked whether action will be taken against them, Guerini responds: “Absolutely not, we are a party, not a barracks.” But the Democratic Party is, “no ifs, ands or buts, for yes.”

Here comes the applause of the Committee no. “We consider positive the stance of a group of ten of the Democratic Party MPs who have spoken out in favor of the No in the constitutional referendum. Positive because it is a No on the Renzi-Woods reform because it opens up a serious debate within the Democratic Party the same, trying to clear away from the discussion, improper, on the fate of the government and the exchange Italicum-reform, because, above all, gives voice to the many, activists and voters, who in the Renzi party do not share this constitutional revision, “he said Alfiero Grandi, deputy chairman of the Committee for the no.

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