Ruling centre-left Democratic
Party (PD) Senate Whip Luigi Zanda on Thursday chided the
rapporteur of a contested civil-unions bill, Monica Cirinnà, for
"insinuating" that Catholic members of the PD were against the
bill because they were unhappy at not been given better jobs in
a recent cabinet reshuffle. "What we need now is unity and not
insinuations," said Zanda a day after the bill ran aground in
the Senate. Zanda said "the bitterness of Senator Cirinnà is
very understandable and she's right when she says the
(anti-establishment) 5-Star Movement has a very grave
responsibility" in pulling support from a 'kangaroo' amendment
that would have speeded the passage of the bill "for petty
reasons of political tactics". he said that, in order to approve
the long-awaited bill, "we need more responsibility from all".
Voting on the bill has been postponed till next Wednesday.
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