Salvini wants elections with 'any law'

(ANSA) - Milan, December 5 - Northern League leader Matteo Salvini said Monday that he was ready for new elections as soon as possible "with any election law" after Premier Matteo Renzi announced he was quitting following defeat in Sunday's Constitutional referendum.
    "I don't think Italy can afford months of debate on a new election law," he added when asked about Renzi's call for the No front to propose a new election system.
    He said the Northern League isn't open to supporting "any government that tries to muddle through" and said they are "concerned" by names being suggested to replace Renzi. "It's in the worst taste. It means to not care at all about what Italians chose yesterday; they want to go back to vote".
    Salvini called the post-referendum outcome a "day of national freedom" and said Renzi is "leaving a divided country".
    "The post-Renzi (situation) is a national emergency that we're ready to manage," he said.
    "We have the duty to be a serious alternative to Renzi". "The strong powers that be have had a sonorous defeat. If 70% voted, it means that there's hope to change things".
    Salvini said that the Yes victory in Milan "doesn't mean anything".
    "There are many Milans," he said. "There's the Milan of the salons, the one that votes for Sala, and then there's the Milan of real people, the people of the outskirts".
    "I say only this: we're not for sale. In parliament, the Democratic Party still has the numbers to govern, let's see what they do".