Today Naples becomes the starting point of a campaign aimed at affecting the substance of the constitutional referendum on the separation of careers. At 11 a.m., SìSepara, the tour promoted by the committee of the Luigi Einaudi Foundation, officially kicks off, with the aim of bringing a structured public debate on justice reform and its institutional effects to the country.

This is not a symbolic appointment as an end in itself, butthe entrance of the referendum campaign into its most visible and participatory phase. The theme – the relationship between judge and prosecutor, the tertiary nature of the trial, public trust – is removed from the abstract dimension to be discussed in the territories, starting from a city that has always represented a civil and political laboratory of contemporary Italy.

Why leave Naples

The choice of Naples as the first stop is not neutral. Here justice is often perceived as a decisive factor in daily life, between expectations of protection, demands for efficiency and demands for fairness. Starting the tour from this context means measuring the proposal of the separation of careers against a complex reality, where the functioning of institutions is not a subject for insiders, but a concrete issue for citizens.

From this perspective, today’s event takes on a value that goes beyond political mobilisation: it is a test of one’ s ability to explain a constitutional reform without resorting to simplifications or ideological oppositions.

The meaning of the initiative

The YesSepara tour was created with the intention of supporting the YES to career separation, but also to foster an informed discussion on the contents of the reform. At the centre of the discussion is the idea of a more third party justice system, in which judges and prosecutors follow separate professional paths, meeting only in the trial, respecting roles and guarantees.

According to the promoters, clarifying this distinction does not mean weakening the prosecution, but strengthening theindependence of the judiciary and the overall credibility of the system. It is on this balance – between autonomy, accountability and public trust – that the campaign aims to challenge public opinion.

A debate that comes to life

With today’s appointment, the reform definitively leaves parliamentary halls and technical documents to become the subject of public discussion. The theme of the Higher Councils, of discipline entrusted to an autonomousHigh Court and of overcoming the currentist logic is not presented as a closed package, but as a set of choices that deserve to be understood and assessed as a whole.

In a country often divided between justicialism and garantism, the Neapolitan initiative tries to place itself in an intermediate zone: that of a liberal and pro-European reflection, which looks at the quality of institutions as a condition for democratic stability.

Beyond slogans

Today’s event in Naples therefore marks the beginning of a campaign that aims to speak to a wider audience, not limited to legal specialists. The vote on the constitutional referendum does not only concern the internal structure of the judiciary, but the way in which the state exercises one of its fundamental powers.

Whether one chooses YES or NO, the referendum passage imposes a collective responsibility: to discuss the substance, without shortcuts. The start of the #YesSepara tour represents an attempt to raise the level of debate. It will now be up to the public debate to demonstrate that it is equal to a reform that touches the heart of the rule of law.