RADARPOLITICO ANALYSIS
What is happening
On Thursday 8 October, the Chamber of Deputies definitively approved the proposal concerning elections to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The vote was held by secret ballot. The proposal received 227 votes in favour, 164 against and no abstentions. Opposition members displayed signs in the chamber and described the measure as a “fraud,” according to la Repubblica.
Why it is on the Radar
The vote marks the definitive approval by the Chamber of a proposal governing elections to the two houses of Parliament. The available sources do not provide the substantive contents of the electoral provisions or indicate when they will take effect.