PD says ready to go alone on election law - update 2

(ANSA) - Rome, December 17 - Sources from Premier Matteo Renzi's centre-left Democratic Party said the group was ready to go it alone on pushing through a bill in parliament for a new election system if Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (FI) party decided to procrastinate. Renzi told PD lawmakers Wednesday that he wants the so-called Italicum bill approved in the Senate by the end of January. But the opposition centre-right FI, which is backing the bill, reportedly has reservations about this time frame.