27 July 2006

Citizens without representation

Many people of the Unione have told me they feel solidarity with me for my wish to exclude financial crimes, company crimes and corruption from the pardon.

They have done this in private. In parliament almost all of them have behaved differently, bending to the directives of the party.
This is one of the more negative consequences of the electoral law wanted by the CDL that has prevented citizens to vote for their candidate.
It was possible to choose only the election symbol with closed lists of faithful nominated by the party. The parties chose who sits in parliament not the electors.

It is disturbing, really disturbing, to see the Unione denying by its actions, with this pardon, the election programme that it presented to the citizens and for which it was elected. The citizens count for less than zero. They cannot choose their representatives and they cannot even ensure that the election manifesto of the government is respected.

What is the use today of the institution of Parliament? How distant is it from the electorate? That’s a question that we politicians must ask ourselves. And it’s necessary that we give responses soon.
A survey carried out on the website of la Repubblica asks who is in favour of including corruption and crimes by public officials in the pardon. Of the 75,000 people who replied, 96% said “No”. I believe that the response to a national referendum would be similar.

The “ad personam” laws that the CDL wanted in relation to the justice system, must be revoked. Now. In the next few weeks. This government has no more time.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Politics