ITALY QUESTIONED

Gianpiero Delmati

Andwell, like it or not, We have a government voted by a majority of citizens. In Democracy the vote that comes from the base is decisive. If nothing else it is a vote that comes after several years of “reshuffles” politicians grouped or some color mixes in order to “get by”… as Italian politics has tried in recent years, of everything and more, also trying to prevaricate in order to postpone the possibility of the popular vote. Rimane il fatto che, in my opinion – and it was now– the Constitution states: “The people are sovereign”. Then, a democratic nation should respect and consciously accept what comes out of the polls and, possibly , the opposition political forces should come to terms with it and consciously accept the result that came out of the polls – expression of the people : Democracy- and evaluate it, during the Legislature, the work of the Executive; and regardless of what the newly installed government announces, do not oppose harshly, tra l’altro, he is trying to keep what he promised in the election campaign. Right, in Democracy there must be opposition, otherwise we won't talk about Democracy. But the opposition should act with intellectual honesty and critical conscience and come to terms with it; should respect what the people expressed when voting ( possibly not forgetting that the citizens who voted for this Government may be offended) , and examine internally the reason for the non-expected result, perhaps evaluating what he had done or not done when he belonged to the Executive … and which the vote at the polls certainly evaluated. Inoltre, it seems to me that this Government, for now, be very active and determined and take responsibility for his actions with a certain amount of conscience towards his electorate. And’ as well as Europe, in the seat of the EU, review and re-evaluate some agreements with the various member states, including the position and role of Italy, one of the founding countries of the same.

Clearly mine is meant to be an opinion, and an opinion is always debatable. Our Constitution includes “Freedom of thought” .

Gianpiero Delmati