The Chamber rejects with 211 nos and 129 yeses the motion of no confidence presented by the opposition, the first signatory being the Action group leader Matteo Richetti, against the Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini.
For Salvini, under accusation by the opposition for the agreement between the League and United Russia , in view of the vote concluded in the evening the majority precepted the deputies: no absence allowed for missions. Several ministers (Roberto Calderoli, Giancarlo Giorgetti, Luca Ciriani, Gilberto Pichetto and Eugenia Roccella) followed the explanations of vote. Not the person directly involved, who after answering the question time in the afternoon left Montecitorio for "a meeting on motorway concessions". An absence stigmatized by the opposition.
The rejection of the other motion, that of Daniela Santanchè, was also obvious, even if the two events have different political implications. Even within the center-right itself. The thorniest situation, also for Giorgia Meloni, concerns the Minister of Tourism. Among the majority deputies, no one has any doubt that the no-confidence vote will be rejected for the second time, as on 26 July in the Senate, when only the M5s, Pd and Avs voted in favour. This time Azione also calls for his resignation, in light of what emerged regarding the companies Visibilia, Bioera and Ki Group. Not Italy alive. «Santanchè minister has failed and we contest her on a political level. But we - explained Matteo Renzi - do not use the investigations to attack it".
For days the center-right has been evaluating the possibility of postponing the vote, taking advantage of the congestion of measures in the Chamber. The closure of the investigation into Visibilia for false corporate communications is expected in the next few days , and then the Prosecutor's Office - unless Santanchè requests to be questioned and proves the contrary - once the twenty canonical days have expired, will begin the request for indictment . If she has to face a trial, "the minister will make her reflections", the refrain in the centre-right.
(Unioneonline/D)