The national runoff between the top two coalitions, initially planned by the Stabilicum or Melonellum as it may be called and then removed in the Chamber due to resistance from Lega and Forza Italia and doubts from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni herself, is coming back through the Senate window. Winning, no matter the outcome, a historic taboo of the center-right.
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Pera Amendment as a Trojan Horse
The Trojan horse is an amendment long prepared by the former President of the Senate and Fratelli d’Italia senator Marcello Pera (see his intervention on August 28 in these columns) and which was presented directly to the Chamber last night after approval from the party. In the next few hours, a similar amendment from Forza Italia, signed primarily by group leader Stefania Craxi, is expected to join the Pera amendment.
There is now time until the vote in the Chamber (scheduled for September 9 with approval expected by the 15th) for further reflection at Palazzo Chigi and especially to convince Lega, which fears that at the first round the call for strategic voting towards Roberto Vannacci’s party might be weaker.
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The Bipartisan Commitment
The Pera amendment was developed together with the so-called bipartisan constitutionalists, authors in July of an appeal signed by over 260 people including prominent PD figures such as Pierluigi Castagnetti and Piero Fassino, and particularly with contributions from Stefano Ceccanti of LibertàEguale and Peppino Calderisi of Magna Carta. Here it is, in summary: the prize is awarded in the first round only if the first list or coalition reaches 48% of the votes in both Chambers; if not, a runoff takes place between the top two lists or coalitions provided both have achieved 38% of the votes in both Chambers; if only one list has exceeded 38%, the prize is awarded in the first round, amounting to 220 deputies and 113 senators, only if the first list or coalition has obtained at least 42% of the votes in both Chambers. No further alliances are allowed after the first round: in other words, the center-right cannot ally with Vannacci and the center-left cannot ally with Calenda’s Azione between the first and second rounds, but nothing prevents their respective voters from leaning towards the pole closest to them.
The No from Vannacci, Calenda, and the PD
It is no coincidence that Vannacci and Calenda are among the most furious about the possible novelty of the runoff (“it’s the move of fear,” says the General who polls between 7 and 8% at the expense of Lega, between 5 and 6%). But the PD is also raising a wall: “Today, forgetting the concerns already expressed by constitutionalists in the Chamber, out of fear of Vannacci, the right declares the reflection on the runoff reopened. It is incredible to treat Parliament like this, for their own use and consumption,” thunders Senator Dario Parrini on behalf of Secretary Elly Schlein.
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