The rejection by parliament of a
proposal from Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo
Salvini's League party to remove the limit on regional governors
serving no more than two terms will not create a problem within
the ruling right-centre coalition, Salvini said on Thursday.
There will be no problem in the majority if the law on the third
term of office does not pass in parliament," said Salvini after
the Senate's Constitutional Affairs Committee threw out the
amendment by 16 votes to four, with Premier Giorgia Meloni's
right-wing Brothers of Italy (FDI) party and the centre-right
Forza Italia of Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani voting against,
along with the main opposition parties.
"The League's position is clear, but we are in a democracy:
sometimes our proposals pass and at other times, as in this
case, they are rejected because all the others, Forza Italia,
FdI, Pd, M5S are against," continued Salvini.
"In my opinion this is a mistake," he added.
Under the existing two-term limit, several governors including
the League's extremely popular Veneto Govenor Luca Zaia face
having to step down at the next regional elections.
Meloni is reported to be against dropping the two-term limit
because she wants more regions in the hands of representatives
of her FdI in order to reflect the fact that it is now the
driving force of the right/centre-right alliance.
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