Milan, 31 October (LaPresse) – "It's a minor reform. It is not true that this is a historic reform that will change the justice system, as former justice advocates on the right claim. Nor is it true that this is a coup, as former reformists on the left claim. We abstained, just as we abstained for similar reasons on the Cartabia law during the Draghi government, even though we were in the majority at the time. The separation of careers already exists, and every year only 28 people out of nearly 9,000 magistrates change roles. Do you consider a reform affecting twenty-eight people to be historic? Meloni has, as always, planted an ideological flag, but for Garlasco or Bibbiano or miscarriages of justice, this reform will change absolutely nothing'. So said the leader of Italia Viva, Matteo Renzi, in an interview with Corriere della Sera. “I am the last person who can give advice” to Giorgia Meloni. “For me,” he added, 'it was a mistake to prevent Parliament from amending the bill. Meloni wants to be seen as a guarantor of civil liberties. We remember her in Bibbiano, as well as her attacks on my family and her exploitation of investigations into her opponents. She wants to give herself a liberal image; let's see if the Italians will believe her. If the government carries out a reform and imposes it in Parliament, preventing any amendments, it is clear that if the Italians vote against it, the government will be out. Holding a referendum on a text written by the government means asking for a vote of confidence, not from Parliament but from the Italian people. If she loses, Meloni will be forced to go home, of course." In view of the referendum, what advice would you give to the secretary of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, and other colleagues in the opposition to tackle this event? 'Do not align yourselves with the National Magistrates Association. You must make it clear that the referendum on the separation of careers (or rather, on the doubling of the CSM) is a weapon of mass distraction to avoid talking about salaries, the cost of living and pensions. The tax burden is increasing for 60 million Italians, and we are lagging behind the 28 who have to separate the functions? And be careful not to lose the reformist vote. Reformists are always guarantors, by definition," Renzi stressed.
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