The need and urgency of the presidential reform
We are close to the election of the new President of the Republic, an institutional appointment that has actually allowed the continuation of the legislature up to now. On numerous occasions, over all the crises of the two governments led by Giuseppe Conte, the alleged need to avoid an early dissolution of the Chambers until the arrival of the white semester prevailed over the possibility of electing a new Parliament that reflected true popular sentiment. A questionable choice, and far from the feeling of national unity that the tenant of the Colle should represent, in a historical moment where the lack of trust of citizens towards the institutions is also demonstrated through the growing abstention in each electoral round.
Therefore, in our opinion, the urgency of bringing about a constitutional reorganization that allows the election of a head of state directly child of the will of the Italian citizens, extraneous to the parliamentary alchemy that often turns out to be decisive in the course of the votes, emerges clearly. A political proposal that in recent years has acquired greater resonance thanks to the commitment of the parties of the center-right coalition. In fact, the point of the electoral program that can be cataloged as a link between the Lega, Forza Italia and the Brothers of Italy is precisely the presidential reform, which with the eventual victory in the next general elections could finally see the light.
Also for this reason, it is necessary not only to preserve the unity of the coalition, but at the same time to convince the citizens of the validity and effectiveness of this proposal. In the event that the reform is subjected to a referendum in subsequent years, it would be essential to obtain the consent of part of the center-left electoral basin as well.
Indeed, being able to count on a slice of voters with different political sensitivities would complicate any attempt at opposition by the bureaucratic and judicial apparatus close to the center-left establishment. Reason to hope that the next election of the head of state will be based on an electoral campaign and a well-defined programmatic proposal, in order to arrive at a choice that guarantees the feelings and will of millions of Italians, eager to play a role as protagonists in the institutional life of the nation.
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