Bersani won't vote confidence

(ANSA) - Rome, April 28 - Former Democratic Party (PD) chief Pier Luigi Bersani said Tuesday he won't participate in a confidence vote on the government's 'Italicum' electoral reform bill.
    "I participated in 17 government confidence votes, more than one a month," Bersani wrote on Facebook.
    "I am ready to vote 17 more times on government measures regarding government. But a government can't call a confidence vote on democracy".
    The first of three confidence votes in the Lower House on the controversial bill is scheduled for Wednesday with the other two to be held on Thursday.
    Bersani and other dissident PD lawmakers have staged staunch opposition to aspects of the bill, which they argue unfairly tips the balance of power away from parliament in favor of the executive.