Reform will reduce the number of deputies and senators from 945 to 600 in the next legislature
A historic day for Italy. The country approved through a referendum the reduction in the number of parliamentarians this Monday (21).
A historic reform that will reduce the number of seats in Congress by a third. The number of deputies and senators will increase from 945 to 600 in the next legislature.
Won the Yes. With more than 50 sections examined, Yes has an advantage of almost 70%. The final turnout was 53,84 percent when polls closed, as reported by the Ministry of the Interior.
“What we achieved today is a historic result. Let’s go back to having a normal parliament, with 345 seats and fewer privileges,” he said. Luigi Di Maio, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a Facebook post.
This was the electoral promise of the 5 Star Movement (M5E, an anti-system party).
Italy has the second largest parliament in Europe, behind the United Kingdom (around 1.400) and ahead of France (925).
This is good news for the government led by Giuseppe Conte, who hopes to hold out in elections held on Sunday and this Monday in seven regions, including Tuscany and Apulia.
Far-right and left-wing candidates in these two key regions performed well, according to an exit poll carried out by Sky TG 24 television channel.
Elected in Brazil
The cut will also affect Italian parliamentarians elected abroad, which will go from 18 (12 deputies and six senators) to 12 (eight deputies and four senators).
Currently, South America elects four deputies and two senators to the Parliament of Italy, but the new distribution has not yet been defined.
In a post on Facebook, the deputy Fausto Longo (PD) said that “with the result of the referendum in Italy, South America loses the right to elect a senator and a deputy, reducing our representation” and added: “Accepting results is inherent to democratic coherence. The quantity and not the quality of representation won.”
