The first step of the Augustan electoral campaign is about to be consummated: away from 8 in the morning to the "queue" at the Viminale to be able to deposit the marks of the parties and movements that intend to run in the electoral round of 25 September.
An unprecedented mid-August eve for the parties that until Sunday 14 at 16 will have to "fight" for the place on the ballot paper , the same as for the deposit order.
More than 20 symbols have already been made known : for the center-right the three main parties Forza Italia, Lega and Fratelli d'Italia, each with its own symbol, and Noi Moderati, which blends Noi with Italy by Maurizio Lupi, Italy in the center of Toti and Coraggio Italia by Brugnaro, with the crusader shield of the DC and the inscription Libertas.
Among the marks also Civic Commitment of Luigi Di Maio and Bruno Tabacci. Then Unione Popolare with De Magistris; Referendum and Democracy by Marco Cappato; Alliance Verdi and Left by Angelo Bonelli and Nicola Fratoianni. Obviously that of the Democratic Party and that of the newborn third pole, the pact between Matteo Renzi and Carlo Calenda, with the symbols of Action and Italia Viva in the upper half, and the name of Calenda at the bottom above the name of the European group renew Europe.
Among the various movements that have decided to present themselves, that of the doctor Panzironi, "Sanitaria Revolution" and "For Italy with Paragone" of the Ital Exit party.
On the Eligendo portal, instructions for submitting and admitting applications: a dossier of over 300 pages illustrating the rules to be followed.
In addition to the symbol - within the same period of time - the statute must also be delivered or, in the absence of registration in the register, a declaration "in which the minimum elements of transparency of the same party or political group are indicated".
The parties must also file any declaration of connection in a coalition of lists and the electoral program, indicating the head of the political force and by the 14th day from the date of the elections to publish, on their website, the curriculum vitae provided by their candidates and the relative certificate issued by the criminal record.
The next step will therefore be the definition and filing of the lists, which can take place between 8 am on 20 August and 8 pm on 21 August at the chancelleries of the Courts of Appeal.
THE CENTER-RIGHT PROGRAM - Yesterday, after the announcement of the Renzi-Calenda agreement, the closing of the electoral program from the center-right , a document divided into 15 points that ranges from the confirmation of Atlanticism and the commitment to a "more political and less bureaucratic ", to nuclear power, passing through the ok to the bridge over the Strait of Messina, the safety decrees and the flat tax but without amazing rates except the promise to extend the ceiling for VAT numbers.
"The government program that the coalition will implement after the elections of 25 September when, finally, Italy will be able to have a cohesive government capable of giving the country concrete answers", announced in unison the big players of Forza Italia. , Lega and Fratelli d'Italia. The document confirms the latest draft circulated in recent days but changes its title: "For Italy", reads the first page in bold blue. A clear but aseptic slogan, different from the initial one which was "Italy tomorrow" and followed the name chosen by the Draghi government for the portal on the PNRR.
THE ATTACK ON MATTARELLA - In the meantime, Berlusconi's attack on Mattarella arrives in the morning. "I hope that the constitutional reform on presidentialism will take place, since 1995 I have proposed a presidential system" for Italy. A "perfectly democratic system that democracy enhances by allowing the people to choose directly by whom to be governed", the words of the leader of Forza Italia on Radio Capital. He then added, answering a question, that "if the reform were to come into force, the resignation of" Mattarella "would be necessary to go to the direct election of a head of state who, coincidentally, could also be him". Letta replied immediately: “This declaration is the demonstration of what we say: to beat the right the only alternative is to vote for the coalition that was born around the Democratic Party. The fact that the center-right begins its campaign with an attack on Mattarella and the request for his resignation shows that the right is dangerous for the country ".
Today at Villa Certosa, in Sardinia, the cav met Matteo Salvini: “We talked about the program of the center-right and how to relaunch Italy: tax cuts, more dignified pensions, great public works, security and much more. On 25 September it is important to go and vote for Forza Italia ", wrote the president of Forza Italia on Instagram.
(Unioneonline / vl)