Finally Conte has understood that Conte 2 will be scrapped
Conte, after having resisted for weeks, will go up to Colle to deliver himself into the hands of the President of the Republic who will formally open the crisis. "Dear rulers, stop the antics", advised on January 5th Start Magazine …
So, according to what we read in the newspapers, "Count two is dead, long live Count ter". Thus should end a story that has something grotesque. With the premier who, in the end and after having resisted for weeks, climbs to Colle, to deliver himself into the hands of the President of the Republic. Which will formally open the crisis. It was the most predictable scenario from the start. And we ourselves, in our own small way, had evoked it, on these columns, since last January 5th (“ Dear rulers, enough antics “).
Why predictable? Because the constitutional rules and practices are for this. To depersonalize, to clear the climate from the excesses of narcissism, to bring out the real problems of the country, on which to build the necessary answers, before eventually handing over the scepter to the people. In the case of manifest impossibility. And instead Palazzo Chigi behaved as in the days of the Royal House. When court games were crucial. When relations of closeness prevailed with a sovereign who, apparently, reigned but did not govern. But which in fact was able to fully condition the life of the country.
The political forces, and not only those, have conceded too much to Conte. They helped orchestrate a campaign against a component of the majority, guilty of having made their own choices. It wasn't even an indissoluble marriage. Eventuality, against which, there was always the possibility of resorting to the Sacra Rota, to obtain annulment. And instead the denunciation of a behavior considered "irresponsible" has cemented, even if only for a few days, what remained of an old alliance, for some time on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Until the inevitable capitulation.
The risk of possible elections was continually exorcised. There are various reasons: the Recovery Plan , the pandemic. Serious arguments, but not conclusive. Otherwise you would not understand why in other countries – from the USA, to Israel, to Holland to name a few – they would be not only possible, but necessary. A new Italian anomaly? The hidden truth, but not so much, was all political in nature. The risk that a different majority from the current one could arise from the polls. And here is the anathema. The postponement, the deception of constitutional practices in the hope of saving what can be saved.
No to sovereignism, populism, euro skepticism and so on. These concerns can also be understood. But what do we do then? Do we no longer call Italians to the polls until an Authority – moral (?), Political (?) And so on – has given its approval, issuing a certificate of good conduct? Strange idea of democracy. Above all, an extravagant interpretation of Article 1 of our Constitution . Unless that inscription on popular sovereignty ("which exercises it within the limits") is not interpreted according to tables of the law, written by some old ideologue of the Third International.
However, in the end, what ends well is good. Provided that those presuppositions from which we started are fulfilled. It will be said: but will the Count ter not be a re-edition of the Conte bis? Those who think in this way once again underestimate the dynamism that constitutional practices are destined to activate.
Paraphrasing the Mao-thought, we are not facing a “gala dinner”, but a process from the development of which a new government program and a balance within the executive itself will be born. In which some powers, including those of the Prime Minister, will have a different caliber. Will it be better or worse? And who can tell? We'll see. As the old saying goes: every day has its pain.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/conte-ha-capito-che-il-conte-2-sara-rottamato/ on Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:04:16 +0000.