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Half a million of Romanian residents in Italy eligible to vote
published in issue 3911 page 15 at 2007-04-13
The Romanian Identity Party (PIR) founded by Romanians living in Italy will present on joint lists with the Popolari U DEUR Party, a number of 20 Romanian candidates from seven of Italy’s 25 regions in the local elections May 27-28, where nearly 500,000 Romanian residents are eligible to vote.According to a press release, PIR candidates participating on joint lists with the Popolari UDEUR Party, a party holding the Justice portfolio in the Italian government, was the outcome of a political agreement signed by the two groupings last February.PIR states this is the first time that Romanian citizens residing in Italy will vote and also the first time they may have their own councillors in Italian mayoralties. The PIR candidates, of an average age of 35, are civil servants, entrepreneurs, practitioners in liberal professions. Most of them have been proposed and backed by the very communities they come from.PIR and the Popolari UDEUR held a joint press conference at the Press Hall of the Chamber of Deputies in Rome Tuesday, to present the political Agreement the two parties signed in February of this year. Participating in thee conference were Clemente Mastella, UDEUR Party National Secretary and Italy’s Justice Minister, lawyer Geta Lupu, PIR National Secretary, and Miruna Cajvaneanu, PIR Spokeswoman, along with Deputy Mauro Fabris, President of the Popolari UDEUR parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies.Minister Mastella outlined Italy’s contribution to Romania’s accession to the European Union, making a brief presentation of the alliance between the two parties. He voiced his confidence that the co-operation agreement will be “most fruitful starting even with the next administrative elections this spring and up to the European elections of 2009.”“We are quite happy we started on this route together. Unlike other Italian parties, which talk but do nothing actually for the multiculturalism in our country, we are the party that acts, already promoting immigrants in Italian politics,” the Italian minister f justice said.PIR Secretary Geta Lupu presented the Romanian Identity Party, a new player on the Italian political stage, saying that this party is the mouthpiece of the numerous foreign community in Italy, Romania namely, with more than 500,000 residents according to the latest estimates.“We are resources in terms of workforce and not only, therefore we want to show we are an administrative and electoral resource as well,” Geta Lupu said, adding that the actual implementation of the European and Italian norm on the vote by Community citizens is the biggest step towards the process of integrating immigrants in the European Union.“We will participate together with our Romanian friends in pre and post-electoral activities, giving everybody the opportunity to get to know the Romanian community in Italy,” Minister Mastella said.Romanians willing to vote must register on special electoral lists in the mayoralties of the cities where they reside, at least 35 days before May 27.Secretary Lupu insisted that the Italian media did not inform the public over the Community citizens’ right to vote and to be elected. PIR notified the Italian Authority in charge of information, warning over the danger raised by the lack of information, cancellation of elections namely.
by Nine oClock
Half a million of Romanian residents in Italy eligible to vote
published in issue 3911 page 15 at 2007-04-13
The Romanian Identity Party (PIR) founded by Romanians living in Italy will present on joint lists with the Popolari U DEUR Party, a number of 20 Romanian candidates from seven of Italy’s 25 regions in the local elections May 27-28, where nearly 500,000 Romanian residents are eligible to vote.According to a press release, PIR candidates participating on joint lists with the Popolari UDEUR Party, a party holding the Justice portfolio in the Italian government, was the outcome of a political agreement signed by the two groupings last February.PIR states this is the first time that Romanian citizens residing in Italy will vote and also the first time they may have their own councillors in Italian mayoralties. The PIR candidates, of an average age of 35, are civil servants, entrepreneurs, practitioners in liberal professions. Most of them have been proposed and backed by the very communities they come from.PIR and the Popolari UDEUR held a joint press conference at the Press Hall of the Chamber of Deputies in Rome Tuesday, to present the political Agreement the two parties signed in February of this year. Participating in thee conference were Clemente Mastella, UDEUR Party National Secretary and Italy’s Justice Minister, lawyer Geta Lupu, PIR National Secretary, and Miruna Cajvaneanu, PIR Spokeswoman, along with Deputy Mauro Fabris, President of the Popolari UDEUR parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies.Minister Mastella outlined Italy’s contribution to Romania’s accession to the European Union, making a brief presentation of the alliance between the two parties. He voiced his confidence that the co-operation agreement will be “most fruitful starting even with the next administrative elections this spring and up to the European elections of 2009.”“We are quite happy we started on this route together. Unlike other Italian parties, which talk but do nothing actually for the multiculturalism in our country, we are the party that acts, already promoting immigrants in Italian politics,” the Italian minister f justice said.PIR Secretary Geta Lupu presented the Romanian Identity Party, a new player on the Italian political stage, saying that this party is the mouthpiece of the numerous foreign community in Italy, Romania namely, with more than 500,000 residents according to the latest estimates.“We are resources in terms of workforce and not only, therefore we want to show we are an administrative and electoral resource as well,” Geta Lupu said, adding that the actual implementation of the European and Italian norm on the vote by Community citizens is the biggest step towards the process of integrating immigrants in the European Union.“We will participate together with our Romanian friends in pre and post-electoral activities, giving everybody the opportunity to get to know the Romanian community in Italy,” Minister Mastella said.Romanians willing to vote must register on special electoral lists in the mayoralties of the cities where they reside, at least 35 days before May 27.Secretary Lupu insisted that the Italian media did not inform the public over the Community citizens’ right to vote and to be elected. PIR notified the Italian Authority in charge of information, warning over the danger raised by the lack of information, cancellation of elections namely.
by Nine oClock
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