Renzi says referendum date set by law (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, June 27 - Premier Matteo Renzi said Monday that the date of the referendum on his government's Constitutional reform to overhaul Italy's political machinery will be set by the law, not his executive. But he also said that the vote should take place by the end of October - the month he had previously said it would be held in. "The times are set by the law," said Renzi, who has pledged to quit if voters reject the package, when asked about the possibility of the vote being delayed. "The times of the referendum are not decided by the government. It takes place 50 to days das (after the supreme court calls it".