“nationality” instead of “race”. The government is about to give the green light to the change that will change the duration in all official documents of the Public Administration. The amendment, submitted to the Chamber for the PA decree and signed by Arturo Scotto of Pd, provides that “in the title deeds and documents of public administrations the term ‘race’ is replaced by the following ‘nationality'”. Amendment to Joint Commissions, Labor and Constitutional Affairs has been declared acceptable and will tend to be deferred to the committees’ own opinions, according to what has been learned from parliamentary sources.
Change: “nationality” instead of “race”
The executive wants to give a non-blocking view on the measure and therefore the support of the centre-right majority also needs to be confirmed. The issue was discussed at the majority meeting with the government dedicated to the decree last night, Friday, May 26, and will be the subject of another meeting between the executive and the opposition on Monday evening regarding changes to the decree. “From the date of the enactment of the law transforming this decree – the amendment made by Scott – the term “race” has been changed to “nationality” in the title deeds and documents of public administrations. The Decree is under review. The voting on the amendments will begin Tuesday. At this session, the government summoned to comment would respect the Commission.
Controversy over Minister Lollobrigida’s words
A change of course following the debate triggered by Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigida’s statements trying to clarify his statements after mentioning “ethnic substitution”: “I think everyone understands that there is no such thing as an Italian race. It is a wrong problem to conceive of such a concept. But a culture, has an Italian ethnicity”. The face-to-face statements, which sparked criticism and heated debate, are enough to push Democratic Party aide Scotto to introduce an agenda to remove the word race from public administration documents. A hypothesis that was initially rejected by the majority, but has now returned, this time in the Commission. According to the report of the newspaper Repubblica, the Ministry of Economy has already unofficially given the green light to the change, which is defined as financially sustainable. If none of the majority decides to put their feet on the ground and nothing goes wrong, the official green light will come next week.
Source: Today IT
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