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Cassation, go-ahead for parliamentary cut referendum

2020-01-23T16:58:13.942Z


It will therefore go directly to the ballot box against the cut of parliamentarians (ANSA)


The Central Office for the referendum of the Court of Cassation, with an order filed today, "declared that the request for a referendum on the text of the constitutional law amending articles 56, 57 and 59 of the Constitution regarding the reduction of the number of parliamentarians ' , supported by the signature of 71 Senators, complies with article 138 of the Constitution and has ascertained the legitimacy of the question put forward by the same ". The Court of Cassation reports this. Therefore, we will go directly to the polls against the cut of parliamentarians.

As for the date of the referendum, the convocation is up to the President of the Republic with his decree "on the deliberation of the Council of Ministers" which will be specifically convened within 60 days from today, the day on which the ordinance of the Cassation was filed which gave the green light to the initiative signed by a varied front of 71 senators against the reduction of 345 parliamentary 'seats', including a 'grillino'.

Within two months, therefore, Palazzo Chigi must decide on what date to call the ballot boxes, a decision that must be taken in a period between the 50th and 70th day following the holding of the Council of Ministers. So you should vote between the last days of March and the first Sunday of June.

Source: ansa

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