The opposition backs down. He announces that he will not participate in the division of the tip budget. And this translates into the intention to raise the wall of obstructionism in the path of the 600 million maneuver.
It will be necessary to verify in the chamber whether the No front will hold its position, given that the law’s path will be long and the center-right says it is certain that there will be a negotiation on the last day of voting. Especially since the positions of the Democratic Party, 5 Stars, Countercurrent and South calls North have different nuances on the hypothesis of negotiating the use of a cake worth between 50 and 100 million. A fact remains: for the opposition, having changed the name of the division of funds to finance the proposals of deputies for their constituencies is just a bluff, a cosmetic operation.
In recent days, the government has informally illustrated to the centre-right deputies the idea of creating a container – the Territorial Initiatives Fund – into which sums will flow, 60/80% of which will go to the municipalities close to the deputies and 20/40% to ecclesiastical bodies. The percentages are to be defined but the councilor Alessandro Dagnino anticipated that at least 20% of the total budget will be auctioned with a tender to also reward mayors who have no saints in heaven, i.e. deputies of reference to the Ars. The largest share of the Fit will instead be assigned on the basis of an agenda which will contain the priorities indicated by the deputies.
The initial budget is 50 million. And with this, each of the 70 deputies would receive 714 thousand to finance their proposals. But it is likely that at the time of the vote the government will put more on the table in an attempt to break down the wall of obstructionism. The budget can reach 100 million, doubling the treasury of each parliamentarian. So the centre-right’s offer to the 27 opposition members would be a dowry of 38 million.
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