(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 11 - Premier Giorgia Meloni doesn't wantto govern but to command with her proposed Constitutional changeto make the Italian premier directly electable by the Italianpeople, centre-left opposition Democratic Party (PD) leader EllySchlein told an anti-government rally in Rome Saturday.
"The constitutional reform is a weapon of mass distraction,"Schlein told the rally 'For a fairer future, there is analternative'.
"Tomorrow with this reform it would be one person deciding thevote of parliament, it changes everything, it dismantles theparliamentary republic," Schlein reiterated.
"Hands off the prerogatives of the President of the Republic, itis a plebiscitary drift.
"Giorgia Meloni does not want to govern but to command, theright has always dreamed of dismantling the parliamentaryrepublic for the man alone in command, but the history of thiscountry has given a lot and (previous such reform bids) have notgone well". (ANSA).
Meloni doesn't want to govern but to command says Schlein
11/11/2023, 5:03:06 PM
Highlights: Meloni doesn't want to govern but to command says Schlein. "The constitutional reform is a weapon of mass distraction," Schlein says. "Tomorrow with this reform it would be one person deciding thevote of parliament, it changes everything, it dismantles theparliamentary republic," he adds. "Hands off the prerogatives of the President of the Republic, itis a plebiscitary drift," he says. 'For a fairer future, there is analternative'
Premier Giorgia Meloni doesn't want to govern but to command with her proposed Constitutional change to make the Italian premier directly electable by the Italian people, centre-left opposition Democratic Party (PD) leader Elly Schlein told an anti-governm... © ANSA