Democratic Party (PD) Lower
House whip Ettore Rosato said Tuesday that he had called Premier
Paolo Gentiloni to tell him that the government should put a
bill for a new election law to a confidence vote.
"After a meeting of the coalition parties, I called Premier
Paolo Gentiloni to tell him that the opinion of the majority is
that it would be opportune to have a confidence vote," Rosato
said, responding to a question put by ANSA.
"The bill is the fruit of a tough balance between the ruling
majority and the opposition and putting it to secret votes would
put the text as a whole into difficulty".
The bill, nicknamed the Rosatellum 2 after Rosato, would
harmonise the present differing laws for the House and the
Senate.
It would introduce a system that is two-thirds proportional
representation and one-third first-past-the-post system aimed at
favouring the emergence of a winner.
There are fears the next general election, expected early in
2018, could be inclusive with the current laws.
The bill has the backing of the ruling PD, Silvio
Berlusconi's opposition centre-right Forza Italia, the Northern
League and the small centrist Popular Alternative (AP) group.
But the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) has rejected
it, saying the bill is designed to stop them winning, and some
small groups on the left are also against.
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