Senate reform bill coming within two weeks, says Renzi

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-0c42d06c0780f0c5ff8eae5b6f161eeb1.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Senate reform bill coming within two weeks, says Renzi” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-0c42d06c0780f0c5ff8eae5b6f161eeb1.jpg” (see related stories) (ANSA) – Rome, March 12 – Premier Matteo Renzi said Wednesday that the government will present a bill to reform the Senate, stripping its lawmaking powers and turning it into a leaner assembly of local-government representatives, within two weeks. The reform is part of efforts to make Italy easier to govern and reduce the cost of the country’s political system. “I showed the ministers a text of the reform of the Senate,” Renzi told a news conference after a cabinet meeting. P”We’ll show it to the parties, unions and business associations and after 15 days we’ll take it into parliament./PP”The reform of the Senate is the central point. The Senate will never again vote the confidence in a government or a budget law”./PIMG id=mediaViewer title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-trasp119.gif”ALL RIGHTS RESERVED