Its parliament is convened on 24 January Italy to elect the successor to the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Matarella, whose term ends on February 3, as announced today, Tuesday (4/1) by the Italian Parliament.
The possibility of the prime minister Mario Draghi to assume the presidency of the Republic remains.
Even if his responsibilities are mainly symbolic, the President of the Italian Republic has key role in the event of a government crisis. In this context, the outgoing President Sergio Matarella appealed to the former President of the European Central Bank last February to replace the Prime Minister. Giuseppe Conte, when he lost the parliamentary majority.
Mario Draghi, 74, has since led a broad governing coalition that spans the spectrum from his left to his nationalist right. Mateo Salvini passing to his right Silvio Berlusconi.
The Italian press is circulating a series of names of candidates for the succession of Sergio Matarella, the 80-year-old Sicilian who embodied unity in the storm, according to the APE-MPE. Among the most prominent is the Christian Democrat former Speaker of Parliament Pierre Ferdinando Casini, the former prime ministers Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for the Economy, and Giuliano Amato, the 82-year-old Europeanist who participated in the drafting of the European Constitution.
“It’s time to elect a woman”, state in an article published at the weekend personalities of the world of culture. According to such a scenario, the current Minister of Justice Marta Kartambia, 58 years old, could play a role, as Paola Severino, 73 years old, also Minister of Justice in the period 2011-2013 in his government Mario Monti.
The manner in which the President is elected by Parliament is complex. Members of parliament and senators, along with representatives of the 20 Italian regions, a total of about 1,000 people, are gathering to vote. In the first three rounds of voting, a two-thirds majority is required, but from the fourth round, a simple majority is sufficient. Voting is by secret ballot, which has come as a surprise in the past, as many have not hesitated to violate party discipline.
Uncertainty, therefore, remains about the outcome of the vote to elect the president, “a characteristic of Italian politics,” observes Lorenzo Codogno.
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