Now that the reform will have to be “rewritten”, Calabria may have the possibility of making an impact to obtain less penalizing conditions in Parliament than those enshrined in the text (partially) rejected by the Consulta. The judges point out that the rules thus designed risk increasing the gaps between the Regions. The second point is that in the negotiations between the entities and the Government there is a risk of emptying Parliament of its legislative functions. This is why the Constitutional Court is targeting the idea of transferring responsibilities en masse. In favor of technically motivated transfers.
In such a context, the Calabrian governor Roberto Occhiuto has a great opportunity to be able to bring the needs and requirements of this region to the table for general discussion on the provision. «There will be space to accommodate the findings – Occhiuto, who is also deputy national secretary of Forza Italia, is repeating in these hours – and carry out the right in-depth analysis of all the issues. How could it have been done months ago without reaching this point”, underlining that FI and Minister Antonio Tajani “have always had a balanced position. I asked not to rush the transfer of non-LEP functions which could generate inequalities and he understood these concerns.”
And if an opportunity was wasted, because in the words of Nicola Fiorita, mayor of the centre-left area in Catanzaro, «Calabria could have been leading the battle to stop differentiated autonomy and it didn’t do so, choosing to water down everything with the resort to phantom “observers”, a line unfortunately also adopted by Anci Calabria”, not all is lost yet. «I think that President Occhiuto’s concerns about the harmful effects of Autonomy – concludes Fiorita – are sincere and today, after the enlightening pronouncement of the Consulta, I feel like asking him for a strong political commitment, also in his role as national leader of Forza Italy, so that the law on Autonomy is rewritten in compliance with national unity and the interests of the South, safeguarding the fundamental rights of Calabrian citizens”.
