«Avoiding the referendum» on the Calderoli law which establishes differentiated autonomy now becomes a priority of the centre-right. Or, at least, that’s what the President of the Region hopes, Roberto Occhiutowho in recent days is not sparing comments, outlining possible perspectives, also in the role of deputy secretary of Forza Italia, after the ruling of the Constitutional Court on law 86 of 2024. We are awaiting the filing of the sentence but the Consulta, in the press release released on November 14th, he indicated the critical issues identified in the law passed – to quote Occhiuto interviewed yesterday by Corsera “in a hurry and in one night” – last June by the centre-right.
The governor reiterated to the Via Solferino newspaper that he had already warned the government coalition in the past months, inviting allies to move with caution, weighing every choice and avoiding proceeding on the differentiated autonomy front without first having defined the essential levels of performance, those Lep that would have allowed the historical expenditure criterion to be overcome. However, things went differently and in the past months, while the collection of signatures started by opposition forces and committees to ask for the repeal found a boom in support in the South, Occhiuto again tried to warn the allies against the risk of a “bath of blood” that in the South the government would have risked in the possible referendum vote for the repeal of the Calderoli law.
Here, therefore, for the Calabrian governor, the ruling of the Consulta can now become “an opportunity for the centre-right”, which by modifying the law could (the conditional is obligatory) prevent a referendum from taking place, provided that it takes place a legislative construction that can «serve all Italian citizens, from the North and the South».
