He wisely kept his distance from the bicamerale, the parliamentary commission chaired by Massimo D'Alema, the leader of the (ex-communist) Democratic Party of the Left, which took half a year to produce a tepid plan to revise Italy's constitution.
Carmona proved adept at the latter during July 2007 testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chaired by Representative Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.).