Meloni stakes confidence vote on the Stabilicum electoral law.

Giorgia Meloni has announced that she will request a vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies on the electoral law reform, known as Stabilicum. The goal is to ensure "clarity" and avoid surprises in secret ballots, following previous difficulties, such as the failure to pass the amendment on preferences. The Prime Minister emphasized that Parliament has done good work and that confidence will be placed on each of the four articles amended in the Senate.

The message to any potential rogue voters was clear: a misstep in the final secret vote would lead directly to the end of the legislature. Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani described the possibility of the reform not passing as "a hypothetical of unreality," ruling out the chance of defections. Work resumes in committee at Montecitorio, with the plenary session postponed to September 29, to meet the constrained October timeline.

The electoral law reform, named Stabilicum, is a proposal by the Meloni government to change the system through which Italians elect Parliament. The current law, the Rosatellum, has been in effect since 2017. The discussion on the new law began because the center-right majority believes the current system does not ensure stability for governments, allowing coalitions that lost elections to form short-lived executives.

The path of the reform has been rocky. In the Senate, President Ignazio La Russa accepting last-minute amendments from the Democratic Party created tensions within the majority. In the Chamber of Deputies, a key amendment on preferences did not pass in a secret ballot, revealing possible divisions. For this reason, Prime Minister Meloni decided to use the confidence vote tool, which forces majority parliamentarians to vote in a unified bloc under the threat of a government crisis. The reform aims for a system that, according to its proponents, allows citizens to more clearly choose the prime minister, coalitions, and parliamentarians.