Three opposition parties on
Monday requested the Lower House call a meeting of whips so they
could ask for a postponement of the final vote on the
government's bill to change the Constitution to revamp Italy's
political institutions. Premier Matteo Renzi's government faces
a no-confidence vote on April 19 over an oil probe that has
rocked the executive. The request was first made by Arturo
Scotto of the Italian Left (SI) party and similar petitions by
Michele Dell'Orco of the 5-Star Movement (M5S) and Forza
Italia's Renato Brunetta followed. Federica Guidi resigned as
industry minister earlier this month over a wiretapped
conversation with her oil-industry boyfriend, Gianluca Gemelli,
about a government amendment to the Tempa Rossa project
benefitting him in Basilicata. "It's absurd to reform the
Constitution if you don't even know if we'll have a government
on April 19 after the no-confidence motion," said Dell'Orco.
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