“In the face of firm opposition from other minor political groups and, moreover, with accusations from many quarters that the government wants to pass a measure for some abstruse ulterior motive, the executive deemed it appropriate not to accept the request“. We learn this from Palazzo Chigi sources, with reference to the affair of the signatures for the presentation of the lists in Europe.
“Yesterday the coordinator of Sovereign and Popular Democracy Marco Rizzo requested and obtained a meeting at Palazzo Chigi – is remembered -. As mentioned, Rizzo was heard without any preclusion, there was a willingness on the part of the government to meet the request made which in any case appears reasonable. This was done in a collaborative spirit to encourage participation in the electoral competition and with the expectation that the request would be shared across the board by all political forces without generating controversy”.
Cateno De Luca, leader of South Calls North and federator of the Libertà list, spoke on the case yesterday. “The ‘ad personam’ rule that the Meloni government is preparing to approve tomorrow in the Council of Ministers to save Marco Rizzo (and Gianni Alemanno) – he said – would be an anti-democratic act. If this government really cares about democracy then let it grant all parties exempt from collecting signatures and also lower the threshold to 2 or 3%, considering that Italy has one of the highest thresholds at a European level. Who knows what the President of the Republic thinks of this Sergio Mattarella?”. Today, therefore, the decision on the case.
