A controversial bill for a new
election law will reach the floor of the Senate on October 24, a
meeting of party whips decided on Tuesday.
The decision was announced by Paolo Romani, the Upper House
whip for Silvio Berlusconi's opposition centre-right Forza
Italia party.
"The floor will work on (October) 24, 25, and 26 and 27 too
if necessary to enable the budget session to start," he said.
The 5-Star Movement (M5S) "will do everything to stop the
election law (bill)" leader Luigi Di Maio told reporters on
Tuesday.
"You'll see," added the Lower House Deputy Speaker and
premier candidate at next year's election for the
anti-establishment group.
The M5S says the election-law bill, which has cleared the
Lower House, is designed to stop it winning the election.
It was furious that the bill was pushed through the House
with the help of three confidence votes.
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