Former Democratic Party (PD)
chief Pier Luigi Bersani said Friday that Premier Matteo Renzi
should stay on at the helm of government even if he loses the
autumn referendum on his overhaul of Italy's political
machinery.
Renzi, the current head of the centre-left PD, has said he
will quit if the Constitutional reform package is rejected.
"If the no vote won, nothing would happen. It would be
right for Renzi to stay in his place," said Bersani, a member of
minority within the PD that is frequently critical of government
policy and of Renzi's style of leading of the party.
"It would certainly create political problem the day after
though.
"Linking the government to Constitution was a mistake. The
Constitution has nothing to do with the government".
The Constitutional reform ends Italy's unusual system of
'perfect bicameralism' in which the Senate has equal status to
the House, reduces the number of lawmakers, contains
institutional costs, does away with the National Council on
Economy and Labour (CNEL) - a constitutional organ with 64
councillors plus a president - and scraps Italy's 110 provinces.
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