Maroni, vote in Lombardy opens a new phase in the Constitution

This campaign opens up exciting prospects, I am sure, but a result has already achieved this: let everyone know that Lombardy is really a special region ". Roberto Maroni has entrusted his last appeal to the vote for the consultative referendum on the autonomy of Lombardy to a post on his Facebook page. Thanking "all those who mobilized in these weeks," even those who disagreed, because together we have set a good example of democracy ". For the Lombard League president, the fact that for the first time a consultation of this type has been called "has already had a new page opened", which has nothing to do with, guarantees, with secessionist aspirations. "Tomorrow's vote - wrote Maroni in an article published by the daily 'Libero' - is not against the Constitution, as happened in Catalonia, but for the Constitution. To see finally implemented that Title V, reformed in 2001, which provides for the possibility 'for the territories to manage certain matters together with the State ". Also, Maroni reiterated from the point of view of resources. Tomorrow the vote will tell how much popular support will have won this new phase, which has attracted curiosity about foreign media, including New York Times, CNN and Financial Times. And also Radio Catalunya accredited for the press room set up in the Lombardy Region. The strata have not changed. Lega and center-right are for the Si ', the position of Brothers of Italy is cold (one of the founders, Ignazio La Russa, yesterday said he would have voted Yes, if he had not been leaving for Sicily). The M5S is in turn for the Si ', while maintaining that Maroni has "customized" a referendum that should have been transversal. On the group's social networks, they are shooting campaign videos and an invitation: 'Vote with your mind'. In the center left, the parties are deployed for abstention. However the mayors of the big cities, like Giuseppe Sala (Milan) and Giorgio Gori (Bergamo) have created a committee for the Si '. On one position there is agreement, however: the referendum for autonomy is considered "useless and wasteful", it would have been better to have a direct negotiation with the Government. How did Emilia Romagna. The polemic of the eve was not about costs, but about the security of electronic voting machines. For the Milan PD secretary, Pietro Bussolati, there is the risk of "opacity and serious complications", because the electoral offices would have "highlighted that statistically the 4% of the machines does not work". The reconstruction was however rejected by the Region, according to which there are no risks for the security of the vote, while the technical assistance for possible logistical problems has been guaranteed. Tomorrow, the urns open to 7 and close to 23. The counting of votes is expected in a couple of hours, then from Monday the start will be made of the result of the referendum.