A referendum on the Statute Veneto? No thanks.

A Lord asks me :

Consultative and/or abrogative referendums can be made on the Veneto Statute?

The question already seems to assume that the statute of the Veneto Region, approved fresh in the 2012 after 40 years, it doesn't already go well, And I share this on some aspects. In particular, the referendums are found in the problem that the current statute prohibits the consultative referendums on subjects not strictly in competence of the Region, that is, in practice it makes the path of Venetian independence impossible which is full of flaws also on the international level.

However, looking for a escapade, Reforming a statute would not be easy at all, maybe even impossible. And I explain.

For the architecture of the Italian Constitution, regional statutes are laws “constitutional”, so much so that they need a special procedure to be approved (double reading).

There is no procedure for reform a statute, It is necessary to basically reappear it and this requires at least 1 year and a half.

Also assuming that a referendum was made for the repeal of part of the statute (to be evaluated if possible), or even with a consulting referendum, The result would have no legal effect as long as a request from the regional council was sent to Rome and then approved by 2 rooms, But it is necessary to carefully evaluate whether this is legally provided for by the rules.

It would take any anyway there’ Double reading approval of the Chambers, that is, a rewriting of the statute with some changed rules and certainly they would not approve anything that would give greater autonomy or space for maneuver. For example, they would certainly not change the art.27 which today prevents the consultative referendums on subjects not the responsibility of the Region.

In short, it is highly unlikely that this change can take place before 5-10 years since the current statute is of 2012, And Parliament has no storage in doing it. There are municipalities waiting for 10 years !

However, it should be remembered that with the law n.212 of 2010 The Italian state canceled the annexation of Lombardy-Veneto of 1866, and did not restore it as required by the rule that limited the thing to January 2013. So today the Lombard-Veneto territory is not legally Italian (It has never been actually) And there is no legal title of Italy for the control of Lombardo-Veneto;

Therefore the current statute of the Veneto Region was approved in 2012, a time when the territory was not already more legally Italian, and therefore even if in the end a change was made, or a new statute, also like the’ current would be would be illegal on the international level.

For international law the legal action of “regions” On the Lombard-Veneto they are ineffective, are regional governments “puppets” of an illegal Italian government in the area.

Moreover, given that a good part of the Venetian people are outside the regional borders of the Veneto region, that is, it is historically and culturally present by Bergamo in Udine, Only a royal government that have effective in this territory could have some simulacrum of international representation , except for being a government anyway “puppet” the Italian State.

Once again, If you want to find a legitimate path of Liberation of Veneto, It is necessary to look to international law , where is the “people Venetian” It is the one from Bergamo to Udine of Lombardo-Veneto attached in 1859-1866.

Let's stop with the illusion of being able to reform Italy or regions, With a referendum.

The many betrayed referendums, from Italian to municipal ones, show that the referendums in Italy count for nothing. The last one on the water, for example, shows that even with Bulgarian results the popular will counts, And in fact they are selling the companies (For me that referendum led to this because it was a scam).

If you want the freedom of the Venetians, It is much simpler and cheaper to claim international sovereignty from the beginning, do not interact with the Italian state, Do not facilitate politicians who ride these things but then go to Italian elections.

It should be realized that Italy has been an illegal occupant and exploiter from the beginning that has no respect for the populations.

It is therefore not a question of changing the regional statute, but to replace the region with the self -government of the Venetian people from Bergamo to Udine, One only one venestian sovereign region that could also remain federated in Italy. But this is not politically possible, nor will it ever be.

Said this, I do not exclude theoretically that a referendum route for the reform of the Veneto regional statute can glimpse itself, But it would certainly be a further waste of time if it is a question of bringing to’ Independence, Because any reform could never give the Region that international legitimacy that requires to represent the Venetian people from Bergamo to Udine.