The crisis of the representative system has been afflicting the Italian political experience for years. The causes, many and varied, have distant roots and neither the solutions sought by the parties nor their transformation into leader driven parties seem to have attenuated it. The current government shows its intention to counter widespread disaffection by proposing a §§§§punctual§§§§ reform, centred on the Prime Minister, which, on paper, aims to revitalise the link with the electoral body, its influence on political direction and the stability of governments. However, the overall effects of this reform do not appear minimal at all, reverberating its consequences both on political representation and more generally on the entire form of government. Adopting both a domestic and a comparative perspective, the contribution aims to analyse the most critical aspects of this reform, and, in particular, to its consequences on the representative and constitutional system.