Rome, June 16 (LaPresse) – The opposition is up in arms, accusing the government of what they bluntly call an “abuse” of the decree-law tool. The government has already issued 100 decrees, and “there is a growing intolerance toward Parliament that has manifested in many ways over the past two and a half years: the use of decrees is certainly the most evident,” said PD group leader Chiara Braga, contacted by LaPresse.
“A hundred is not just a round number; it’s also a way of governing in which Parliament has only one role — to ratify decisions made elsewhere,” added the Democrat. “Too often, in those 100 cases, it has been impossible to amend the measures. That, too, mortifies democracy.”
“Prime Minister Meloni, who presented herself and her government as a sort of democratic restoration after the technocratic governments, is behaving worse than all her predecessors, bypassing Parliament with a record number of decrees and confidence votes,” said Benedetto Della Vedova of Più Europa to LaPresse.
“The majority continues to avoid debate in Parliament, which is the core of Italy’s institutional system according to our Constitution,” noted Alfonso Colucci (M5S) to LaPresse. “Lack of debate, locked-down bills, the humiliation of Parliament and suppression of opposition rights are part of the Meloni government’s daily agenda. The majority hides behind fast-track procedures and confidence votes to conceal the increasingly deep divisions within its own ranks.”
“The only record Giorgia Meloni can boast is having issued 100 decree-laws since taking office,” concluded Filiberto Zaratti, group leader of AVS in the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Chamber. “It’s truly a grim record that shows, above all, that Meloni doesn’t trust her own majority.”