Whilst withdrawing from Iraq the Prodi government voted to increase its intervention into Afghanistan. It counted on taking advantage of the demobilization of the pacifist movement. But to get the measure through the Prodi government had to make the vote in the Senate on this decree a vote of confidence.
Draft Resolution on Afghanistan
3 October 2006, byWe publish here the draft resolution presented by the Essere Comunisti and Sinistra Critica currents to a vote of the National Leadership of the Party of Communist Refoundation on July 17.
In the Chamber of Deputies: four against all!
3 October 2006, byFour deputies voted against the Prodi government’s project of maintaining Italian military forces in Afghanistan: Salvatore Cannavo, Albero Burgio, Francesco Caruso and Gianluigi Pegolo. We reproduce here the speech of the deputy Salvatore Cannavo.
A parliament of just “giving the green light” is not a normal parliament
3 October 2006, byThis article appeared in the daily newspaper of the PRC, Liberazione after the Chamber of Deputies vote and before the debate in the Senate.
A Vote of Confidence with a Time Limit
3 October 2006, byWe publish here the joint declaration of 16 senators opposed to the decree financing the Italian military mission in Afghanistan.
No Blank Cheque, Ours is a Clockwork “Yes”
3 October 2006, byWe publish here an interview with Gigi Malabarba conducted by the parliamentary journalist, Luca Telese, which appeared in the daily Il Giornale on July 26, 2006.
IV382 - October 2006 PDF
1 October 2006Download a pdf version of this month’s edition from here.
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