Hon. Sara Kelany in Modica to explain the reasons for voting yes in the referendum

Large and attentive audience on Sunday morning at the “Pietro Floridia” Auditorium for the initiative promoted by the local Brothers of Italy club.

At the center of the discussion was the judicial system reform, focusing on career separation, lottery for the members of the CSM, and establishment of the High Court: topics that will be submitted to a popular vote in the referendum consultation on March 22 and 23.

After the greeting from the city coordinator Marco Nanì, the opening and management of the proceedings were entrusted to lawyer Andrea Nicosia, provincial president of the “SiSepara” committee, who moderated the interventions by providing a precise framework, both technical and political, of the topics under discussion.

Crucial was the contribution of Giovanni Moscato, provincial coordinator of FdI, who emphasized how the reform project represents a cornerstone of Giorgia Meloni's government program, highlighting what he considers the contradictions of the opposing front: “We are facing a political paradox: many of those who oppose the reform today are the same ones who proposed its contents in the past. Today they stand against it only out of mere ideological prejudice, unable to admit that the Meloni government is succeeding where all others have failed for decades. It is a ‘No’ for instrumental reasons that ignores the merits of the proposal just to avoid recognizing a historic success for this majority.”

Honorable Giorgio Assenza, group leader of Brothers of Italy at the ARS, addressed the constitutional merits, rejecting the criticisms from the opposition and insisting on the need for a judiciary free from interference: “We are here to restore the truth against the falsehoods of those who oppose change. This reform does not undermine the independence of the judiciary, but strengthens its impartiality exclusively for the protection of the citizen. It is essential to free the judicial order from the burden of internal political currents, which have conditioned careers and decisions for too long, restoring to judges the full autonomy and dignity that their role demands.”

Particularly clear was the intervention of Senator Salvo Sallemi, a member of the Justice Commission of Palazzo Madama, who referred to the “Vittoria case” as an example of the need for a new framework: “The dissolution of the Municipality of Vittoria, which occurred despite the absence of real prerequisites, demonstrates how a distorted system can overturn democratic will. It is to avoid such drifts that the reform has become urgent.”

Honorable Luca Sbardella then made an appeal for civic mobilization, emphasizing the value of participation: “The real opponent to defeat is not dissent, but laziness. Today we have the historic opportunity to decide directly on a reform that has been awaited for decades. Going to vote means truly turning the page and preventing things from remaining exactly as they are. We must be the engine of change, transforming our desire for participation into an informed vote for YES.”

The conclusions were entrusted to Honorable Sara Kelany, a member of the Constitutional Affairs Commission of the Chamber, who provided an analysis of the critical issues of the current system, focusing on the three pillars of the project: “This revolution rests on three essential pillars: we separate careers to ensure the impartiality of the judge; we introduce a lottery for the members of the Csm to definitively dismantle the system of factions; and finally we hold judges accountable through the establishment of the High Court, a third-party control body that ensures transparency and disciplinary rigor. We must give Italy a legal system finally in line with the vision of the Founding Fathers. The time has come to complete that revolution of the fair trial initiated by Giuliano Vassalli. On March 22 and 23, we will be called to a YES for a historic reform that aligns Italy with the great European democracies, where the distinction between those who accuse and those who judge is already a solid reality guaranteeing every citizen.