Italian PM to step down after Referendum Defeat

I Amrita Cheema astounding defeat the lot to NZ Italian prime minister had staked his future on the outcome of a referendum on constitutional reform he lost and is stepping down later today. Lindsey it campaign for changes he said would cost bureaucracy and make the country more competitive but his opponents disagreed me carefully MVP who voted against the reforms but first this report.

Italian PM to step down after referendum defeat

What is my own defeat I go headline that says it's too much here that I'm the one just over 40 percent of the vote a far heavier defeat and polls had predicted. And one for which he. Phone. But so far and that but with the latest on the next step now is money but we need to tomorrow I will hold the ministers meeting. I will thank my colleagues for their extraordinary support. And I will go to the presidential palace to inform the president of the Republic of my resignation casino limit the. After a fiery campaign turnout was high around 2 sets of eligible voters cast their ballots. When he had promised his reforms but stripped away bureaucracy and bring peace.

Payton said they would wreck the. Some balances. It's was a victory for those fed up with the established parties for many the decision was as much about pansy **** the proposed reforms. Boy boy not. I voted no we. I want the things. Stay as they are. And that that charlatan doesn't change the constitution that was so shocked owner. But I think that it is not the money to do this victory of the no vote is a signal that the people are tired of austerity and the neo liberal politics of princes government and those before him. I said and think that only comes.

These are the people who want to leave it to me now. Make that they clearly and his populist 5 star party let the no camp. They're now calling for immediate elections hoping to ride a wave of anti establishment Fateh into power. Joining me now from Bologna is any slight she's an Italian member at the European Parliament for the left being perceived a party. Until last year she was a member of prime minister Matteo Renzi is governing Democratic Party.



Welcome any to D. W. you and your party campaigned against events he's constitutive full plans what I. Well look because it was a very bad Reforma it would have shifted a lot of by where in the end up there ruling party and whatever you know way and deleted a lot off our competence is up there each one and it would have taken away the votes of their right to boats and for their present lives for us kind citizen and I think that's part of the reason why they voted against the coolest thing is that it is being described but at least this morning international media as a populist the boats while at it was not clearly because yes of course extreme right.

Well as on the side of the noble and Greenough spice their movement was supporting you know but also the net but also 60 percent of Italian people also the biggest trade union for example and also the association offer partisan and who read that there and that the county from a from the face is my and many years ago so it was not a populist the goal I think amendments that your holidays that there was broader support actually more than just the that the populace look but then she always argued that these reforms well about making it a bit more governable he said that's 50 changes to the Senate would make political deadlocks and less likely save money and make the country a more stable what do you feel about that. It was not true actually they used and constitutional architecture as a scapegoat set too high to be failures off the political system which are a different problem we are number 2 in Europa in in terms of how many laws we produced we don't need to speed up or to do more laws maybe we should need to move to do that there does so and actually was a add very bad debate in these months that could have been used to do to address the real issues off the county court obscenities and the rising inequalities instead they focus on changes of the because it do so which were not needed to make our institutional more if he said but in the truth to give more pi where to the ruling party that was a problem and fortunately even if you use that he he was the one to lead embedded populistic campaign by saying we need to reduce body peace and we need to reduce the cost of politics but fortunately people didn't buy it's an understood the risk to know what the quality of our democracy with any one of the things that many people are also saying that this was not a referendum on constitutional reform it was a referendum on Matilda and see what is your assessment.

Yeah that's what happened unfortunately because they managed to divide the county on that one thing on which we were really unite that our constitution at when he understood that the reform was very weak and he tried to personalize it to make it to frame it as a boat on him and his government trying to find what the constitution I legitimacy that he never had to be causing the E. was never voted at to be the prime minister as you know that was a huge mistake and I think that now is paying the consequences for that that choice not very irresponsible choice as well. Vita you parliamentary member any schline in Bologna central Italy thank you very much for that. Thank you.