After yesterday’s disagreement in the House over the Def, the majority are making mea culpa and trying to defend themselves to lock the numbers in the House and prevent what happened in Montecitorio – where the budget variance report was rejected, thanks to the numerous absences in the center -right – check again. The mood that reigns today on the Transatlantic, on the day the Chamber gave the green light to the new report approved by the Council of Ministers, is halfway between a close escape and still fresh anger. “We apologize to the Italians”, is the recurring refrain in the declarations of some members of the Brothers in Italy. Like the vice-president of the Chamber Fabio Rampelli, who exhorts his colleagues in the majority to be “up to par” with the “extraordinary” work of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: “In her place I would be bored”, says the FdI parliamentarian in conversation with reporters at the Chamber.
In Via della Scrofa, conclusions are drawn from yesterday’s events in order to avoid another slip-up. «We warned everyone in time, with phone calls, emails, messages… We probably focused more on the Senate, where there was a difference of only 4 votes. Maybe that was the mistake», admits a big FdI. «When there is the feeling of having a large majority, unfortunately people move away, they leave the Chamber. But the parliamentarian’s duty is to stay on the benches to vote ». The ‘fool’ reason, it is underlined in government circles, is not political but dictated by “irresponsibility” and “underestimation”. “We are going to try to work more with the leaders of groups in the House and Senate and hold parliamentarians accountable, perhaps with a more precise control of attendance”, a solution that is being discussed in these hours. The idea is a kind of ‘control room’ for greater control over those present and absent and for a connection with allies in order to tell each other in real time and avoid confusion.
After the Def incident, the mood in the Chamber remains incandescent. Proof of this is the fight that broke out in the Chamber after the words of the leader of the Fdi group, Tommaso Foti, who, speaking in the explanation of vote on the new Document report, first apologized to the Italians and Meloni for yesterday’s events, then pointed out the finger to the opposition: «Look at their absences». Declarations that generated protests from minority groups – the Democratic Party left the Chamber – forced the President of the Chamber, Lorenzo Fontana, to suspend the session. In the end, Montecitorio gave the green light to the budget variation with 221 votes in favor and 116 against. Subsequently, the ok for Palazzo Madama also arrived with 112 votes in favor and 57 against.
Source: IL Tempo
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