"I keep saying that I think about it, but I'm sure of one thing: I will campaign so that people stay at home."
The President of the Senate Ignazio La Russa said this regarding the five referendums on June 8 and 9 on work and citizenship, speaking at the “Spazio Cultura” meeting taking place today and tomorrow in Florence.
The entire majority has sided with abstention: a "political abstentionism", as Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani calls it, given that "we do not agree with the referendum proposal". Since there is a quorum, and unlike the political elections, the minister reasons, "not going to vote is a political choice, not a lack of interest in the issues". The same indication given by Fratelli d'Italia, in an in-depth dossier on the matter for parliamentarians. And the line of non-participation in the vote, according to Lega sources, is also the one chosen by Matteo Salvini's party.
An invitation to go to the seaside instead of to the polls that has the opposition and the referendum committees crying scandal. "Shameful and illiberal", defines it the secretary of +Europa, Riccardo Magi, promoter of the referendum on citizenship. For the secretary of the CGIL Maurizio Landini, promoter of those on work, it is a "serious and dangerous" choice. "Even more so - he adds - after the President of the Republic has reminded us that voting and political participation are the essence of our democracy".
Dem secretary Elly Schlein also calls for participation again. "When politicians, even government officials - Giuseppe Conte attacks - invite citizens not to vote, it means they want to worsen the already battered conditions of our democracy". From Avs with Nicola Fratoianni came the "counter appeal" to the voters of the center-right: "Don't listen to them".
There are five questions: four concern work with the stop to illegitimate dismissals, protections for workers in small businesses, the stop to precarious work and the protection of safety. The fifth is on citizenship, with the reduction from ten to five years of residence to be able to submit the citizenship application.
(Online Union)
