Notizie.it editorial team Casellati’s bill on the role of the prime minister will not be discussed in Parliament in the next quarter, according to a decision taken by the Montecitorio group leaders’ conference while planning the work agenda until November. This could lead to a delay until 2025, considering the crowded calendar of December. This decision surprised especially the opposition groups, who imagined a faster procedure for the reform supported by Fdi and Prime Minister Meloni, as it had been included in the document on government priorities for the quarter presented on Monday in Montecitorio. However, at Palazzo Chigi they decided to protect the law from the potential tensions and controversies that the maneuver could cause during the budget session. “The prime minister has disappeared from the radar,” Chiara Braga, president of the PD deputies, told journalists at the end of the group leaders’ conference, justifying the lack of requests from the government, and in particular from Minister Luca Ciriani, to include the bill in the quarterly program. Despite the fact that the document presented to the Chamber 48 hours earlier indicated as priorities for the end of November both the role of the prime minister and the separation of careers. Both reforms are currently being examined by the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Chamber. "They will be discussed next year, perhaps", predicted Luana Zanella, leader of the Avs group.
It is plausible that there will be limited seats available in the Chamber in December, considering that in previous years, the Montecitorio Assembly has typically been occupied in the final stages of the budget law before transmission to the Senate. At the same time, additional sessions will be needed for the decrees, which the government continues to produce at a rapid pace. Members of the majority, however, do not consider this to be a surprise. “The Commission,” notes Alessandro Urzì, leader of the Fdi group in Constitutional Affairs, “is still conducting hearings on both reforms at alternating intervals.” Igor Iezzi, leader of the Lega group in the Commission, adds: “We will arrive in mid-October with the hearings.” “Then we will have the amendment phase,” Urzì further explains, “and we will move forward without accelerating the timing.” Federico Fornaro (Pd) hopes that “this time will be used by the commission for a dialogue approach to the reform and to be able to amend the text.” The extended time for examination in the Commission not only protects the reform from the pressures related to the maneuver, but gives the government the opportunity to reflect on the margins of modification of the text and on the electoral law. The differences between Fdi and Lega remain significant in this regard, with the former determined to insist on a single-round system.
