Politics · Italy · 11 hrs ago
Group plans 30 legal challenges to Italy’s election law
The Network for Free and Equal Voting plans to challenge six parts of Italy’s election law in court.
The planned appeals concern the majority bonus, how Senate seats are awarded nationally, and how seats are assigned to individual candidates.
They also question gender alternation rules, the naming of a candidate for prime minister and the required signatures.
The group says some parts of the law resemble provisions that have previously been declared unconstitutional.
Its lawyer said 30 appeals are expected to be filed in all Courts of Appeal on October 26, the day the law comes into force.
A court hearing could take place around mid-January, followed by a possible order in late January referring the constitutional questions to Italy’s Constitutional Court.
The planned cases could therefore lead to a constitutional review of the election law.
A network called Rete per un voto libero e uguale plans to file 30 legal challenges to Italy’s election law.
The challenges will raise six issues, including the majority bonus, how seats are allocated, gender alternation, the indication of a prime ministerial candidate and signature requirements.
Lawyer Pietro Adami said the cases would be filed in all Courts of Appeal on October 26, the day the law enters into force.
The group says it aims to have courts refer constitutional questions to Italy’s Constitutional Court.
- Who
- Rete per un voto libero e uguale, a network for a free and equal vote, plans the challenges.
- What
- It plans 30 legal challenges raising six issues in Italy’s election law.
- When
- The cases are planned for filing on October 26, the law’s entry-into-force date. A hearing could take place around mid-January.
- Where
- The cases will be filed in all Courts of Appeal in Italy.
- Why
- The network says many aspects of the law reflect provisions previously declared unconstitutional.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The network plans to file 30 challenges in all Courts of Appeal, on the day the law enters into force.
A court hearing could take place.
A court order could refer the constitutional question to the Constitutional Court.
- Planned challenges
- 30
- Issues raised
- 6
- Filing date
- October 26
- Filing venues
- All Courts of Appeal in Italy
- Potential hearing
- Around mid-January
What people are saying
We believe that many aspects of this law reflect points already declared unconstitutional in the past
We have the ambitious goal of filing the challenges on the day the law enters into force.
Sources
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