Yes to Italicum changes, to improve it (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, September 7 - Reform Minister Maria Elena Boschi said Wednesday the government was "certainly" willing to change its Italicum electoral law "if the conditions in parliament allow it" but stressed that any modifications would have to be improvements. She was speaking at the presentation of a book called Updating the Constitution.
    Her remarks came after a senator from Berlusconi's center-right, opposition Forza Italia (FI) party reiterated the Italicum should be amended to give a winner's bonus to coalitions as well as single parties in runoff votes.
    Giving a bonus to coalitions would benefit smaller parties such as FI, which would need an alliance in order to win a general election.
    The Italicum as it stands benefits parties such as the ruling center-left Democratic Party (PD) and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), currently the second-largest party in Italy.
    "Is the Italicum a perfect law? No, we know that," Boschi said. "But it manages to keep representation and governability together. Everything can be discussed, but no law exists that joins exact representation with governability," the minister continued.
    "Otherwise one might think parliament went mad when it approved (the Italicum) after ten years' debate".