The Council of State, Italy's
highest administrative court, on Thursday approved the wording
of Sunday's Constitutional reform referendum questions. The
court upheld a sentence by the Lazio regional administrative
court (TAR) which ruled an appeal against the wording of the
question was inadmissible. On October 20 the Lazio TAR ruled a
petition against the referendum question was inadmissible
because the question was drafted by independent bodies. It said
the central referendum body that prepared the question and the
presidential decree with which it was adopted stemmed from
watchdog bodies "characterised by absolute neutrality". It added
that this made them exempt from being examined under its
jurisdiction.
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