Rome, 10 July (LaPresse) – “Secretary Salvini has always said that he is not personally involved in the electoral reform dossier. That for the League, electoral law has never been, shall we say, a priority, and this is well known, because we all know that this proposed amendment originated with Fratelli d’Italia, with Giorgia Meloni. And what we have always said is that a compromise text has been reached in which the League has already made concessions, because for us the best system was the one with single-member constituencies. And in the interests of potential future governability – which is the aim of this law – we have set that aside. We believe that revising the text today on a sensitive issue such as preferences would be very complicated. However, having said that, as the secretary has reiterated, our experts are working on it – for us, there is Roberto Calderoli, in short, who is at the negotiating table – and we will see if a form of mediation can be found. “But I see it as very difficult.” This was stated by Riccardo Molinari, the Lega’s parliamentary group leader in the Chamber of Deputies, on the programme ‘24 Mattino’ on Radio 24. “We don’t think it makes much sense to dig our heels in over preferences. Then again, I repeat, if they can find a compromise that suits everyone… it’s not a matter of life and death; Salvini has already said as much. In short, we’ve all always accepted preferences, so it’s not a matter of fearing preferences. It’s just that preferences introduce a different model which, let’s not forget, the Italians rejected in the Segni referendums in the early 1990s. We have little historical memory in this country,” he added.
Electoral law, Molinari (Lega): “Preferential votes? It’s difficult at the moment; there’s no point in getting hung up on it”
Rome, 10 July (LaPresse) – “Secretary Salvini has always said that he is not personally involved in the electoral reform dossier. That for the League, electoral law has never been, shall we say, a priority, and this is well known, because we all know that this proposed amendment originated with Fratelli d’Italia, with Giorgia Meloni. And what we have always said is that a compromise text has been reached in which the League has already made concessions, because for us the best system was the one with single-member constituencies. And in the interests of potential future governability – which is the aim of this law – we have set that aside. We believe that revising the text today on a sensitive issue such as preferences would be very complicated. However, having said that, as the secretary has reiterated, our experts are working on it – for us, there is Roberto Calderoli, in short, who is at the negotiating table – and we will see if a form of mediation can be found. “But I see it as very difficult.” This was stated by Riccardo Molinari, the Lega’s parliamentary group leader in the Chamber of Deputies, on the programme ‘24 Mattino’ on Radio 24. “We don’t think it makes much sense to dig our heels in over preferences. Then again, I repeat, if they can find a compromise that suits everyone… it’s not a matter of life and death; Salvini has already said as much. In short, we’ve all always accepted preferences, so it’s not a matter of fearing preferences. It’s just that preferences introduce a different model which, let’s not forget, the Italians rejected in the Segni referendums in the early 1990s. We have little historical memory in this country,” he added.
