• Casellati: "In Parliament we are now the invisibles of the Constitution"
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  • Coronavirus, Conte: "We are moving towards the extension of the state of emergency"

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July 12, 2020 "We will certainly not underestimate the seriousness of the health emergency that has hit our country and the whole world in recent months. An emergency that is far from resolved and which could even be dramatically repeated if they are not observed rigorously the necessary measures to avoid a recovery of the contagion. The emergency therefore poses to the government the theme of guaranteeing public health also with extraordinary means, adequate to the seriousness of the situation ". This is what the leader of Forza Italia, Silvio Berlusconi, writes in a letter published by the newspaper "La Stampa".

According to the ex premier "this cannot however become a pretext for a substantial suspension of some fundamental constitutional guarantees, first of which a clear and transparent control of Parliament on the executive's decisions. The Conte government has so far chosen to avoid passage parliamentarians, with the use of the Dpcm tool, but not for this they gained speed or efficiency of decisions. A vote in the Chambers - with the declared willingness of the opposition to avoid, of course, any obstructionist attitude - would not have lengthened in no way the timing of decisions which in some cases were necessary, but which often proved contradictory and ineffective and which precisely with the debate in Parliament could have been improved and perfected ". Berlusconi underlines that "we have always reaffirmed our willingness to collaborate, which of course does not fail. But precisely for this reason we would consider the decision to further force the Constitution and the transparency of the democratic process incomprehensible in terms of the procedure and unacceptable. among those who see the danger of an authoritarian design under the pretext of Covid-19, but as liberals we are absolutely convinced that in democracy form is substance ".

Berlusconi adds that "all our willingness to collaborate, from here on, is closely linked to the respect of these forms, which are those of popular sovereignty, starting from every hypothesis of extension of the state of emergency. The battle against Covid- 19 is not over yet, as evidenced by the rate of contagion recovering in different regions. The one against the disastrous economic effects of this situation has just begun and the prospects are not good at all. Today as never before, responsibility rhymes with transparency and rigorous respect. rules. "

Federmeccanica: extension of state of emergency penalizes companies
"The prolongation of the state of emergency sweeps away all doubts: talking about new normality made no sense. But there is a risk that the extension penalizes our companies". Alberto Dal Poz, president of Federmeccanica, says that in an interview with the newspaper "La Stampa" he recalls that "the markets have been nailed for months, the solutions that had made it possible to bear the 2009 crisis are impossible to apply". extension of the state of emergency, Dal Poz says that "I would not like to limit freedom. To relieve businesses from a difficult situation, decrees are not enough, we are convinced that the next few months will be difficult, but we must look ahead". The extension of smart working "is a fact - he adds - we need it and it must be prolonged and supported with important infrastructures, in order not to lose efficiency and productivity. However, I would not like, at least within the public administration, this tool so important it was transformed into an alibi not to keep open offices which are fundamental for us. If bureaucracy slows down, a scenario that has historically been characterized by slownesses becomes complicated ".

Tensions in the majority, Tuesday vote on new Dpcm
The fear of a new season of dpcm creates fibrillations of the majority. Inside Italy alive but also in a part of the parliamentary groups dem. Tuesday there will be a vote on the communications of the Minister of Health which will illustrate the content of a new Dpcm necessary to extend the effectiveness of provisions - such as social distancing - which expire on 14 July. A clarification arrived from Palazzo Chigi after the president of the Senate Casellati had wished "the beginning of a complete democracy, because in Parliament and in the Senate - this is his thesis - we are now the invisibles of the Constitution".     

While the opposition attacks and relaunches the controversy over Conte's "full powers" and some regions - according to what is learned - expressed doubts, yesterday also the invitation of the Copasir president to avoid forcing, in light of the "combined provision" "between the possible 'hot autumn' and" special powers for the Prime Minister with a possible extension of the state of emergency ". There is in fact the alarm of the Minister of the Interior Lamorgese on the risk of social tensions after the summer. By virtue of this alarm, Copasir may ask this week to audit the owner of the Interior Ministry.