For the deputy of the Brothers of Italy Ylenja Lucasellithe President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella “he often refers to the Constitution to express his position in relation to government measures, given that there is no left, there is no capable opposition”. The Melonian parliamentarian, rapporteur of the budget law being approved in the Chamber, in an interview with “. Tagada in La7, he said that “if in the end” the head of state “signs” the laws, “there is evidently no real constitutional problem at the base”.
“So certainly yes – continued the deputy – there is a lot of interventionism that does not actually translate into blocking one or more measures, such as immigration or the Foti bill on the audit of the Court of Auditorsbecause there is a set of essential and necessary measures for the Court of Auditors’ control over local authorities”.
According to Lucaselli, “Foti’s bill, which can be challenged, can be debated, will be dealt with in the appropriate places in Parliament”, but “the reference from the President of the Republic is a little out of reach”.
As soon as the controversy flared up, in the evening, the deputy published a reversion note: “I have always considered and still consider the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella to be a point of reference for all political forces and for Italians. The idea, therefore, of attributing it to the role of opposition to the government is far from me”, writes the FdI parliamentarian. “I regret – he concludes – that the words used during the live broadcast led to attributing to me a thought that I do not have and were exploited by doing injustice to the role of arbiter and guardian of the Constitution that President Mattarella has given himself since the beginning of his mandate.”
The turnaround came after a barrage from the opposition. For the leader of the 5 Star Movement Giuseppe Conte, “Lucaselli must study more, because if he studied our Constitution more it would not be possible to say that President Mattarella uses the Constitution to express personal positions”.
“Instead – added Conte – their positions are very balanced and consist precisely of interpreting, reading and disseminating constitutional principles, nothing personal”.
The leader of the PD group of the Chamber’s Constitutional Affairs committee Simona Bonafè said she was “surprised” by the statement: “Serious words – commented the Democratic deputy – that also do not take into account the fact that President Mattarella has always been above the parties”.
“We ask the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni – continued Bonafè – to distance themselves immediately”.
The deputy +Europe Benedetto Della Vedova defined Lucaselli’s words as a “symptom of institutional illiteracy” because “the President of the Republic is the guarantor of the Constitution and its values, which everyone, the opposition and even more so the majority and the government pro tempore we are called to respect.”
Also according to Della Vedova “the leader of the Bignami group and the Prime Minister herself must immediately explain whether or not they share this position taken by a prominent member of the Fdi”.
“Does Meloni repudiate Lucaselli or does he decide to remain silent and not defend Quirinale?”, asked the Avs deputy? Angelo Bonelli. “Today the Brothers of Italy surpassed the limit: something we would never have imagined could happen. The attack on Mattarella is very serious and cannot be ignored. the ordinary and accounting judiciary”.
“Unforgivable”, commented the leader of the Italian left Nicola Fratoianni: “It is clear that anyone who confuses, as happened on a television program, Gulag and Gulash may not know the functions assigned by the Constitution, the role attributed to the Head of State and the respect due to him”.
