Last week was characterized by the political debate between the majority and opposition forces resulting in the approval of two reforms characterizing the current government coalition.
During the last parliamentary sessions, in fact, those following, so to speak, the vote on the 8th and 9th of June that just passed, the Senate, for its part, approved, in the first resolution, with one hundred and nine votes in favour, seventy-seven against and one abstention, the constitutional bill distinguished under number 935, concerning not only the direct election of the Prime Minister but also further and related constitutional amendments deemed useful to guarantee the stability of the government.
At the same time, the Chamber of Deputies definitively approved, with one hundred and seventy-two votes in favour, nine against and one abstention, the bill on differentiated autonomy, effectively conferring greater powers on the Regions.
To understand each other better, and by articulating the essential terms of the two different reforms: with the so-called direct election of the President of the Council of Ministers, the latter will be elected by universal and direct suffrage for a period of five years, with the votes that will have to take place in line with those of the two Chambers, in a context in which the electoral law will be aimed at guaranteeing the winning coalition the achievement of a percentage equal to fifty-five percent of the seats in each Chamber; the Prime Minister, once elected, will be able to enjoy the stability conferred on him by the popular vote; should the situation arise in which the confidence of the Chambers is not obtained, the President of the Republic will be able to resolve either in the sense of confirming the office of the President-elect or in the sense of dissolving the Chambers, but he will no longer be able to appoint senators for life ; with the reform on differentiated autonomy, however, the Government in office has granted greater powers and autonomy in certain matters to the Ordinary Statute Regions which will express their intention to make use of it; in this context, the level of services must be guaranteed uniformly to all citizens, regardless of the region of their respective residence; the State-Region agreements for the achievement of differentiated autonomy must be contained in a ten-year time range, and furthermore, they may also be renewed, or not, by providing adequate twelve months' notice; through the legislative decrees, to be adopted within twenty-four months by the Government, the levels and above all the costs of the so-called LEP will be determined.
