US EditionAt polls out of respect but abstention a right says Meloni
- Italian citizens will vote in five referendums on 8 and 9 June covering labour reforms and citizenship law changes.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on 2 June she will attend the polling station but abstain by not collecting ballot papers, encouraging abstention.
- The referendums include four labour law questions aiming to reverse the 2016 Jobs Act and one proposing to reduce citizenship residency from 10 to five years.
- Meloni stated that she opposes the proposal to shorten the residency requirement for foreigners seeking Italian citizenship, emphasizing that choosing to abstain from voting is a personal right and a form of respect toward the referendum process.
- Turnout must exceed 50% to validate results, but low awareness and projected abstention, encouraged by the government, risk invalidating the referendums and drew opposition criticism.
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The President of the Council: I do not share the content of the referendum.
"Why did I choose to say that I will go to the seat but I will not withdraw the card? I said that I will go to the seat because I am a President of the Council and I think it is right to give a sign of respect for the ballot box and the referendum institute. Then I do not share the content of the referendums and, as always in the history of the nation, when we do not share there is also the option of abstention. Because as a serious party in Ita…
"Why did I choose to say that I will go to the seat but I will not withdraw the card? I said that I will go to the seat because I am a President of the Council and I think it is...
At polls out of respect but abstention a right says Meloni
Premier Giorgia Meloni on Thursday explained her decision to go to the polling station for five upcoming referendums on workers' and immigrant citizenship rights but not pick up the voting ballots by saying that people should go to the polls out of respect... (ANSA)
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