The merit is there, and there is no question. But it is equally indisputable that yesterday’s vote also involved political strategies that have nothing to do with gender identity, tactical experiments, perhaps dress rehearsals. Let’s take the right, for example. It was compact, very compact. What’s wrong? Simple, the fact that in recent months it has not been: Forza Italia in previous votes on government measures has never presented itself so strongly and never so granite (Barbara Masini had agreed her “no” with President Bernini) and this is the group that had more doubts about the tough opposition. There is no “smoking gun” but the suspicion is widespread that a training match was also played on the Zan bill in view of the Quirinale. After all, if the right has supported the position of …
The merit is there, and there is no question. But it is equally indisputable that in yesterday’s vote political strategies have also been played out that have nothing to do with gender identity, tactical experiments, perhaps dress rehearsals. We take the right, for instance. It was compact, very compact. What’s wrong? Simple, the fact that in recent months it has not been: Come on Italy in the previous votes on the government’s measures it has never presented itself so strongly and never so granitic (Barbara Masini had agreed her “no” with President Bernini) and it is the group that had more doubts about the tough opposition. There is no “smoking gun” but the suspicion is widespread that on the Zan bill a training match was also played in view of the Quirinale.
After all, if the right has supported the position of Salvini yesterday, with even the most doubtful aligned and disciplined, it is very likely that he will do the same thing when choosing the head of state by converging on the name of Silvio Berlusconi. It is very difficult to be elected, but he will certainly be able to sit at the negotiating table with a decisive package of votes (451) that would allow him to decide the name of the next President of the Republic.
The other side of the coin are the defections in the field of center left. From the abacus at least 18 votes are missing (in the Democratic Party they were sure they had 149, they got 131) and so the hunt for the traitor began, with mutual accusations even between democrats and grillini. Italy alive has ended up in the crosshairs and rejects any accusation: “Those who argue about absences should deal with 40 francs shooters. Today’s responsibility is clear: and to say that for Pd and 5stelle this time it was easy, easier than the times of “O Count or death”. It didn’t matter to know the politics, it was enough to know the arithmetic “, he jokes with his friends Renzi from Saudi Arabia.
On one thing, however, everyone around here agrees: there are a large number of votes in freedom at Palazzo Madama, especially in the Mixed group, vows exposed to every temptation. “What happened in the classroom shows not only that in this Parliament broad agreements are needed to govern, but also the importance of the centrists of the two factions”, warns Quagliariello (Courage Italy). On the Zan bill a good part of these senators were awarded by Salvini & co., A fact that among the Giallorossi many consider a gloomy omen for the Colle. To give voice to widespread fears is the former leader Pd Bersani: “I fear it was a dress rehearsal for the fourth ballot”. It hints at the possibility of an agreement with Italy alive and the majority of the Mixed group on a name other than Berlusconi’s when an absolute majority will be needed, i.e. 505 votes: the center-right coalition would lack 54.
In this context, a question hangs over the political headquarters: why Read adopted a suicidal strategy? “For months we have tried to explain it to the Democratic Party: the Zan bill does not pass without changes. But the secretary preferred to transform a shared battle against discrimination into a flag battle. And the result has been seen”, turns the knife into the wound. Northern League player Andrea Ostellari, president of the Senate justice commission. The most controversial hypotheses are circulating, including the one he would like Read evil but lucid director of his own defeat. Things are different. He decided to gamble the classroom thinking of winning even though he had taken into account the possibility of the bad outcome. Convinced, however, that escaping the test would be even more harmful in the long run.
It is possible that with his mediation proposal, after months that the Democratic Party had defined the text of the Chamber as untouchable, the secretary wanted to throw a hook to the right-wing centrists in the hope of disrupting that front. If so, the defeat is double. In the Palace, of course. Outside, the operation could even do him good: it has not dissatisfied the extremists of gender ideology and, with the law frozen, Catholic circles are happy. He chirps: “The Italians have seen what Italy would be governed by a majority by these right-wingers, with a Parliament aligned with those of Poland and Hungary”.
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