(Finance) – “The data provided by Interior Ministry on referendum report aturnout equal to 20%. A result lower than the 23% of 2009 which represents the minimum in Italian history. We are also far from 31% in 2016, the last referendum voted. This percentage is well below the threshold set by Article 75 of the Constitution for the approval of referendum questions and indicates a disaffection of the electorate with respect to the use of the referendum instrument in relation to particularly technical issues such as regulation today. of justice. “This is what he declared Alfonso CelottoProfessor of Constitutional Law in the Faculty of Law of the “Roma Tre” University, regarding the data provided by the Ministry of the Interior on the turnout for the referendum on justice.
“In Italy – he recalled -, the referendum abrogative it is the main instrument of direct democracy envisaged by the Constitution. Gradually, however, he took on more and more of a role supplementary ending up carrying out a solicitation function in front of thelegislative inertia of Parliament. In this sense, the turnout recorded today is a figure that appears in line with the high level of abstention present in our country, equal to at least 30% “.
“In any case, as highlighted by the President of the Republic Mattarella in the inauguration speech, the need to initiate a deep process reformer which must affect both the referendum in its essence, and the side of justice, in order to heal the major problems currently existing. A warning that calls into question the individual political forces in view of the imminent final vote in the Senate on reform Cartabia scheduled for Wednesday 15 June ”, concluded Professor Celotto.