President Sergio Mattarella will take
"the right amount of time" to examine government's law
introducing 'differentiated autonomy' as it is a "complex
measure" his office has said.
The controversial law, which won final approval on the Lower
House on Wednesday, will enable regions to request more power
over how the tax revenues collected in their areas are spent.
Opposition parties say it will worsen Italy's north-south divide
as it will favour wealthier regions in the north.
The Senate and Lower House whips of the opposition 5-Star
Movement (M5S) have written to Mattarella asking him to consider
using his Constitutional prerogatives to send the law back to
parliament for fresh deliberation before promulgating it.
The M5S, the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) and the other
opposition groups have said they are going to collect signatures
to hold a referendum on abolishing the law.
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