Consultation, the ban on third mandates for regional presidents is immediately binding

The ban on a third term for presidents of ordinary statute regions is immediately effective and does not require any specific legislation from individual regions to be applied, because it is a provision on the right to vote that falls within the jurisdiction of the state legislature. This is underlined, in summary, in a press release from the Consulta that explains the reasons for the verdict that barred the way to a third term for governors, with the ruling made in the dispute between the Campania Region and Palazzo Chigi . "The notion of form of government is restricted to the immediate definition of the relationships between the political bodies of the region, from which electoral matters in the broad sense, including the regime of limitations on the right to vote, are excluded", notes the Constitutional Court.

According to the Constitutional Court, "the ban imposed by the legislator" cannot "be considered constitutionally illegitimate because it pertains to the form of government, which is left by Article 123, first paragraph, of the Constitution to the statutory autonomy of the ordinary regions. The notion of form of government is restricted to the immediate definition of the relationships between the political bodies of the region, which excludes electoral matters in the broad sense, including the regime of limitations on the right to stand as a candidate".

In the ruling filed today, the Constitutional Court explains that "in general, the mandatory nature of a fundamental principle and its application cannot be conditioned by its express reception by regional laws. Also in general, even rules that have a specific and specific content can be recognized as having the nature of a fundamental principle".