Sergio Mattarella, the background from the Hill: "Complicated to convince him to send everyone to the vote"

The referendum on cutting of parliamentarians it opens up every scenario, from the flash government crisis to its survival at least for a few more months. This second hypothesis clings to those who entrust themselves, hands and feet, to Sergio Mattarella. Calendar in hand, he explains the messenger, "from January 12 the government has in fact 60 days to fix the referendum. To return to vote with the current number of parliamentarians would need a fall of the current government precisely in this space of time that could become even more restricted if the Executive quickly set the date of the consultation ".

At that point, though, even if the date was in the advanced spring, "it would be complicated to convince the Head of State to call new elections to vote with the old rules and elect a Parliament that should elect the new president of the Republic while de facto de-legitimizing a few months after the probable entry into force", explains the backstory of the Roman newspaper. Much more likely than the Head of State, even in front of one full-blown crisis, "ask the political forces to wait for the path to be completed".