The president of the Committee of Italians in Buenos Aires, Dario Signoriniurged his compatriots residing in Argentina to vote in the next parliamentary elections in Italy “to exercise their democratic right and because it is necessary to defend the participation of fellow citizens abroad”he stressed this Tuesday in statements to Télam, and announced that September 22 is the deadline for the nine Italian consulates to receive the vote of each citizen qualified in the register.
Signorini recalled that in the Italian territory The elections will be held on September 25, but he stressed that residents abroad must do so previously, either by mail or by delivering the envelope with the ballot in person.so that on September 22 the consulate that corresponds to the domicile has already received the vote.
“Due to the political circumstances in Italy at this time, we are facing an election for the renewal of deputies and senators that is anticipated, because the period should have ended in the first months of 2023, but when (Mario) Draghi does not obtain the vote of confidence , (Sergio) Mattarella closes the chambers and calls for elections, which in Italy will be on September 25 but for Italian citizens residing abroad it will be before 22 (September), “he stressed in dialogue with this agency.
In the elections to be held in 40 days, 400 deputies and 200 senators will be elected, all of the two chambers of Parliament, including 2 deputies and 1 senator representing the South America electoral constituency, for which 1,535 will be able to vote. 804 Italians residing in South America.
Regarding the number of Italian voters in Argentina, it is estimated that those eligible to vote would reach 768,000, according to data from an active Italian legislator.
Signorini was elected in December 2021, for a five-year term, at the head of the so-called ‘COMITE’ (by the acronym for Comitato Degli Italiani All’Estero) of the Buenos Aires consular constituency, which Signorini himself defines as ” the largest in the world.”
This Monday, the COMMITTEE of the city of Buenos Aires inaugurated its new headquarters of Reconquista 516 in an act that was attended by diplomats and legislators from Italy as well as leaders of the Italian community, Argentine officials and leaders.
“The opening of the house of the people of the Italians will be the seedbed of illusions and feasible utopias, but fundamentally it is to carry out the defense of the rights of Italians who reside abroad, such as Argentina,” Signorini said about the premiere. from the new building, which is located a few meters from the General Consulate of Italy, at Reconquista 572, in the heart of downtown Buenos Aires.
During the inauguration, the head of the COMMITTEE reiterated his willingness to work on improving the consular system, as well as to serve and develop the Italian language and history in Argentina, but also ratified the initiative to erect “the Museum of Italian Immigration, which is similar to the Immigration Museum that is in Genoa (by the Museo dell’emigrante), with a similar imprint in terms of technology although the theme is going to be different”.
“We are working to locate it in the vicinity of the monument to Cristóforo Colombo (monument to Christopher Columbus), in front of the Aeroparque, in the Costanera area, although we still have the work of obtaining the necessary permits while we are raising the funds to develop it,” he said, adding that as planned, the project will have “elements of virtuality, not in the style of old museums, with exhibition halls, but rather it will allow interaction.”
Present at the opening of the new COMITE headquarters were Italian Senator Ricardo Merlo, his compatriot and deputy Mario Borghese, Italian Consul General Marco Petacco, Regent Consul Antonio Puggioni, the Minister Counselor of the Italian Embassy in Buenos Aires, Mirta Gentle; the Undersecretary of Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism of CABA, Pamela Malewicz, and the head of the Argentine Federation of Communities, Juan Sarrafian.
