Even yesterday's lunch session did not resolve the issue of the Regions' presidents and mayors seeking a third term in office. A controversy in which the majority parties remain divided between Matteo Salvini's Lega, which insists on extending the limit, and the others, who are locked at the maximum limit of two. This is the last knot to be tied in the Senate's Constitutional Affairs Committee, while a consensus has been reached on the other revisions to the so-called election decree. There are two changes touching the third term on which there are still differences of opinion, with the Lega group refusing to back down for both the third term of the Region's governor and the third term of the mayors. The other dominant political organizations, Forza Italia, Fratelli d'Italia, and Noi Moderati, disagree, preferring to keep the second term limit in place. Paradoxically, the Democratic Party, the main opposition party, might vote for a third term, bolstered by its regional presidents, who could then be re-elected. In the updated version, in addition to the three terms for regional governors, the limit for municipalities with a population of 5 to 15 thousand inhabitants has been expanded to three terms, while it has been eliminated entirely for smaller municipalities. The reason for this shift would be the difficulties in recruiting candidates for the position of mayor in small towns that are rapidly depopulating and frequently see the mayor in his second term.
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