Only four of the eight deputies elected abroad participated, this Monday (19), in the vote on amendments to the so-called “Tajani decree” in the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
According to Fabio Porta, elected by South America, representatives of MAIE, Lega and Fratelli d'Italia did not attend the session.
The only four parliamentarians present are members of the Democratic Party (PD).
The text is analyzed after its approval in the Senate, with votes from the entire government majority.
The absence of parliamentarians elected with votes from the Italian community abroad was criticized by Porta, who warned of the negative impacts of the decree on the rights of Italians living outside the country. “At a time when amendments are being discussed in these committees, it is incomprehensible that none of them are present,” said Porta.
DEPUTIES PRESENT
Democratic Party (PD):
- Toni Ricciardi (Europe)
- Fabio Porta (South America)
- Christian Diego Di Sanzo (North and Central America)
- Nicola Carè (Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antarctica)
ABSENT DEPUTIES
Italiani all'Estero Associative Movement (MAIE):- Franco Tirelli (South America)
- Simone Billi (Europe)
- Andrea Di Giuseppe (North and Central America)
- Federica Onori (Europe)
PD denounces right-wing vote in the Senate
Luciano Vecchi, head of the PD’s Italians in the world section, described the decree as harmful to the Italian community abroad. “The Democratic Party is the force that fights the most, without ambiguity, against the erasure of the rights of these citizens,” he said.
He highlighted that the text was approved with the unanimous support of the center-right majority, including MAIE and the Noi Moderati group. Vecchi also questioned MAIE's continued support for the government. “It would be interesting to know whether, at this point, MAIE intends to remain in a majority that has shown itself to be the worst enemy of the communities and of Italians in the world,” he declared.
The vote on the conversion of Decree-Law No. 36 into law is scheduled for this Tuesday, May 20, in the plenary session of the Chamber.
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