In the Chamber, the motion of no confidence presented by the M5S and signed by all the oppositions with the exception of Italia Viva, against Daniela Santanché, was rejected with 213 nos, 121 yeses and 3 abstentions. The Minister of Tourism was not present in the Montecitorio Chamber due to commitments related to her role as minister.
Cavo (NM), we will vote against Santanché's motion of no confidence
. "We could have dedicated this time to other more important things. Instead we are dedicating it to the administrative issues of the Santanché companies which has not yet even been sent to trial". This was declared in the Chamber by the deputy of Noi Moderati, Ilaria Cavo, who announced her group's vote against the motion of no confidence presented against the Minister of Tourism. "I don't use the argument of clockwork justice - adds the parliamentarian - because the judiciary knows what to do. But interventions of this type", like the motion in question, "without there being even a conviction would create a dangerous precedent and would compromise the fundamental guarantees of the Constitution". The deputy then attacks the opposition by observing that: "Uniting 'against' is a sign of weakness and is not good for the country". "And from the centre-left - she adds - I haven't heard anything, however, about the tourism numbers growing by + 8%". "Daniela Santanché - she continues - was accused by the M5S of speaking out against the citizen's income, but this issue was part of the government program for which we were elected". Continuing to criticize the initiative of the motion, Ilaria Cavo warns that "our coalition is compact and cohesive. We have common values and ideas. And we are guaranteeists".
Avs, we distrust Santanchè, protect the dignity of the institutions
. "It's nice that you stand together and feel more united" in the face of these motions. "But the problem is who you trust and what you join for. There is no holy inquisition, it's about protecting the dignity of the institutions" and for this reason the minister needs to take a "step back". "It is disturbing to close ranks against this principle." Deputy Marco Grimaldi said this in his explanation of vote on the motion of no confidence. "At stake is money, taxation, INPS and the revenue agencies, public resources of all of us - he added -. It is a emblematic story of a plague in the country, the widespread belief that taxes are an obstacle to letting those who want to do things do things". "Here we are dealing with class fraud" and there are "two very serious things" in this matter: "the minister lied in the Senate chamber and in front of the country; she did not utter any words of apology towards her employees". Grimaldi focused "not on the investigation into Santanchè" but on the "contempt towards those who work in his company". "Today we distrust Santanchè, 'minister who is not there', she does not represent us".
Iv, on Santanché investigations do not influence politics
. "It would have been funny to see 'the queen of resignation calls' in this House today." "It would have been fun to see" Santanchè "ask the Chamber to vote against the motion of no confidence in her. I would have immediately said let's vote in favor" but "the failed tourism policies" are not "under discussion". In the latter case "we would have voted in favour, as we did for yesterday's motion (the vote of no confidence in Minister Salvini, ed.), which intervened on a political fact". And yet at the base there are "journalistic investigations" and "judicial matters". MP Roberto Giachetti said this in his declaration of vote for IV on the motion of no confidence in Minister Daniela Santanchè. Giachetti pointed the finger at Chiara Appendino who spoke in the Chamber yesterday against Santanchè: "We hope she will be acquitted in the third degree but I find it singular that the one giving the speech" for the M5s was a person "convicted in the second degree". The IV deputy addressed FdI contesting the "per kilo guarantee" and cited "Matteo Renzi and Silvio Berlusconi" as "persecuted". "We cannot let politics be influenced by judicial events. People's guilt must be proven", he concluded.
FI, we supporters, no to a motion of no confidence for Santanchè
. "Forza Italia will vote with conviction against the motion of no confidence in Minister Santanchè, consistently with the fundamental principles that a great statesman, Silvio Berlusconi, has instilled in our genetic code. Our compass is and always will be guaranteeism". Annarita Patriarca, of FI, said this during the explanations of vote. "Judicial matters must be addressed in the appropriate forums, without influencing the public debate." Our objective is "political confrontation" even "if harsh". "Our no - continued Patriarca - is also a vigorous affirmation of our principles and values", including "the defense of the presumption of innocence".
Foti (FdI), for Santanché there will be a compact majority vote.
"It is obvious that there will be a compact vote of the majority …….. We are voting on a motion on which things of enormous inaccuracy and gravity are written from a political and legal perspective. It is evident that we want to follow a path of giving headbutts instead of thinking with your head." Thus Tommaso Foti, group leader of the Brothers of Italy in the Chamber, to Agorà Rai Tre on the motion of no confidence in Santanché being discussed in Montecitorio.
Lega, against Santanchè a tribunal without cross-examination
. "I am very disappointed by the motion presented" which "seems like a service note from the Guardia di Finanza" or the "judicial police", "without arguments from the defense and even the slightest cry for comparison". Davide Bellomo of the League said this in his explanations of vote on the motion. Bellomo pointed the finger at the opposition, speaking of a "guarantee for oneself that is not valid for others". "Has Minister Santanchè carried out those acts for which a no-confidence vote is requested in the exercise of his functions? Absolutely not - he continues, noting that the motion does not mention "an act that was not compliant with the government's activity". " This is what the opposition should have done: to say politically why it is inappropriate for him to continue carrying out his functions. Instead, the highest legislative forum is exchanged for a tribunal without cross-examination".
Silvestri (M5S), Santanchè signed 18 motions of no confidence
. "I don't see Santanché in the Chamber, I hope it's an omen...". Thus begins the intervention of the M5S group leader Francesco Silvestri in the Chamber of Deputies on the motion of no confidence presented by his group and the other opposition groups against the Minister of Tourism.
"As far as we are concerned - adds Silvestri, always addressing the minister 'who isn't there' - she really shouldn't have become a minister". "But you - he says referring to the majority - did you appoint her for her competence? I hope not. For her managerial skills? I don't think so, everything she touches becomes debt. It's as if you appointed someone who sells as Defense Minister weapons! But I forgot, that in fact you have already done this..."
"Seeing a government that remains silent in the face of the fact that the minister's partner and the wife of the second-largest state official make a profit of a million from the sale of a home within an hour is something that makes one's skin crawl. You are defending Santanché from an intolerable accusation: having used the Covid relief payments improperly, taking them away from those who really needed them. This majority - adds the MP M5S - which will shortly save the minister's seat is the same one that created a commission of inquiry into Covid, established only to carry out a political trial against the former prime minister Conte who gave his all in one of the most critical moments for the country". Silvestri then recalls that Daniela Santanché "requested and voted for 18 motions of no confidence". And therefore, he insists, "we are in total hypocrisy. Say no to citizenship income and then defend the minister who is accused of having defrauded the INPS which is the body that provides the income. You penalize thousands of people to save one . Compliments!".
Braga (Pd), Santanchè lied to Parliament, he must leave
. "A copied degree thesis, a holiday in the middle of a flood, the hiring of a maid in black, aggressive behavior towards collaborators: here is a summary list of the reasons that have pushed ministers of European governments to resign their own resignation. We are talking about advanced democracies. Everywhere, anyone who commits carelessness leaves. Everywhere except here." Thus begins, in the Chamber of the Chamber, the speech of the president of the Pd group Chiara Braga in which she announces the vote of the Dems in favor of the motion of no confidence against the minister Daniela Santanchè.
"Here in Italy - recalls the deputy - last July the minister tried to demonstrate before the Senate that she was the victim of political persecution, of a press campaign and of a distorted and manipulated use of the judiciary", "denying personal involvement, attributing errors to partners and third parties, trivializing the incident and above all describing oneself as the victim of an absurd machination". "After 8 months - she adds - those accusations are all still there and where the judiciary has already investigated, the accusations have become more circumstantial and precise such as on the use of the Covid fund, the failure to pay severance pay to workers, disputes with the tax authorities". But "we are not here today to judge a person who could be sent to trial for aggravated fraud against the State. We are here to prevent the institutions from being involved in a trial which sees a minister accused of having embezzled public money in a difficult phase for the country". "What could be more serious, more deplorable on the part of a woman who holds a public office? And today denying this evidence - she observes - means not looking reality in the face"
The Dem deputy also criticizes the attitude of Giorgia Meloni, "a Prime Minister forced to dodge the involvement of more than one member of her government in judicial matters - ranging from the theft of a painting to the political use of confidential information or the bold use of a weapon at a New Year's Eve party - a Prime Minister who does not understand that here we are not dealing with a judicial question but a political and moral question".
"When a minister lies shamelessly to Parliament and to the country, and is rightly accused of aggravated fraud against the State, it is no longer just a question of opportunity: it is urgent and necessary for her to leave her position", states Braga who then concludes: "Santanchè has not complied with either the discipline or the honor prescribed by our Constitution. For this reason we will vote in favor of the motion calling for her resignation".
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