The supreme Court of Cassation
on Thursday gave the okay to a question for a referendum on
scrapping the proportional representation (PR) part of Italy's
current election law. The referendum has been proposed by eight
regions administered by the centre right. The decision on
whether to hold the referendum now goes to the Constitutional
Court.
Earlier Thursday the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) came
out in favour of a two-round system of voting like in France.
The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) and the centrist
Italia Viva (IV) party said they wanted a pure PR system.
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