Dear President Mattarella, the institutions run in vain with the government crisis. Do you want to intervene?
If a government delegation withdraws its ministers, it is replaced with another. Or the prime minister in office goes to the Quirinale to resign in the hope of receiving a new post. You don't play hide and seek in Parliament like Conte does. Polillo's comment
But can everything really depend on the whims of a prime minister who belatedly discovered the little game of politics? That of the stitching, of not wanting to risk in the assumption of the sacredness of one's person, of thinking only of one's face, not caring about everything else. It seems to be back to '"après moi le déluge". When instead politics is the art of the possible. Principle to be combined with a sense of responsibility.
It is said that only Conte can guarantee the keeping of the 5 stars. And even if it were? It is possible that the presumed or real unity of a Movement, which did not exist until yesterday, could prevail over the interests of the Republic. Even if it were to split into two or more sections, it would not be a great loss, but only the necessary clarification after the great misunderstandings of transversality. We are a post ideological movement, as the few eggheads of the movement used to repeat. Carrying out various atrocities. And then all that remains is to prove it with facts. And not with chatter.
The country risks sinking into non-governability. And what is worse in the violation of constitutional principles and practices. Since the world began, with very few exceptions, if a government delegation withdraws its ministers, it is immediately replaced with another. Or the prime minister in office goes to the Quirinale to resign. In the hope of receiving a new assignment. He doesn't play hide and seek in the halls of Parliament, trying to catch some fugitive . This is the normality of the institutional course of the crisis.
Yes: but Conte is not sure of a successful outcome. How many times has this nonsense been repeated, without that minimum of necessary indignation. As if all commentators were more interested in the personal fate of the "people's advocate" than in Italy. Conte's future will be a problem, which has little or nothing to do with the fate of the Republic. But what are we doing towards the rest of the world? They will think: who is he? A new De Gasperi? The Italian Mitterrand? Gentlemen, please, let's keep a sense of proportion.
Let's go back, then, to the Statute: as Sidney Sonnino , deputy of the historical Desta at the time of the King, said. The right that had built Italy to then leave it in the hands of Depretis and his transformation. Let Sergio Mattarella take the situation in hand. So far he has shown the necessary patience and respect. But when the institutions begin to run in circles, as in this case, the Presidency of the Republic unfortunately has the obligation to make its voice heard. At least this is maintained by the main constitutionalists who have dealt with the problem of the balance between the various powers of the state. The time has come to listen to them.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/caro-presidente-mattarella-le-istituzioni-girano-a-vuoto-con-la-crisi-di-governo-vuole-intervenire/ on Sun, 24 Jan 2021 10:43:35 +0000.