"No resignations, no reshuffle," because "new policy guidelines are not needed, because ours have always been written into the government's program," and "we will govern for five years, as we promised."
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this in her statement on the government's actions, commenting on the outcome of the referendum on justice reform, which she called "a missed opportunity." Italians "should know that the government is here, fully functioning, determined to do its best, even better, until the last day of its mandate. We will not run away, we will not retreat, we will not shelter ourselves by making citizens pay for the usual palace tricks: we will govern as serious people do, at peace with their conscience," Meloni added.
First in the Chamber of Deputies, the Prime Minister then moved to Palazzo Madama, where she addressed the senators in these terms: "I count on you, fellow senators, in this debate because in the Chamber I have heard many insults, abuse, accusations, so much demagoguery and almost no real proposals, and in one of the most delicate phases Italy is facing, except for parental leave, for which we are not told where to get the resources ."
THE RESIGNATIONS – Regarding the resignations of Undersecretary Delmastro and Tourism Minister Daniela Santanchè , the Prime Minister explained: "In recent days, I have asked several members of the Government, who had performed well in carrying out their duties, to step down. These were neither simple nor painless decisions, especially for those of us who remain staunch supporters of due process, but we once again wanted to put the nation's interests before those of our own party. Because we have no time to waste on endless and specious controversies, which have nothing to do with the Government's actions and end up obscuring them, shifting the debate from solutions needed by citizens to controversies useful to the parties."
