The Northern League player Lorenzo Fontana is the new president of the Chamber ( THE PROFILE ).
After three planned black smokes, at Palazzo Montecitorio the fourth vote was decisive , with the quorum of 2/3 falling to the absolute majority. On 392 deputies present, Fontana obtained 222 votes , 6 blank ballots and 11 null votes. The Democratic Party had proposed Cecilia Guerra (77 votes), M5s Federico Cafiero de Raho (52), Terzo Polo Matteo Richetti (22).
The hypotheses have been blurred Riccardo Molinari, who will remain in his post to be the group leader, and Giancarlo Giorgetti, who says he is ready to go to the Mef "if they ask me", the center-right immediately regrouped on the former MEP and Minister of the Family in Count I, a Catholic, conservative and considered an exponent of the hardest wing of the Carroccio .
"I wanted to dedicate a first greeting to Pope Francis who represents a spiritual reference for the majority of Italian citizens - said Fontana in the speech after the proclamation -. The Pope is carrying out a diplomatic action in favor of peace without equal". "The Chamber - he added - represents the different wishes of the citizens, ours is a multiform nation with different historical and territorial realities that have formed it and made it great: the greatness of Italy is diversity . Italy is to sublimate diversity ".
"I'm happy", yesterday there was "a small hiccup. The center-right will govern well for 5 years", commented Lega leader Matteo Salvini . "Even in the good room the first, we proceed quickly", the words of Giorgia Meloni.
The "little incident" was the sensational split in the Senate, where Ignazio La Russa became president , as strongly desired by Meloni, but with the "anonymous" help of the opposition. Forza Italia did not participate in the vote, creating a heavy precedent that risks having repercussions on the negotiations , still very open, for the construction of the government.
The crux of the clash were the "vetoes on names", with Silvio Berlusconi forced to admit that there will be "no ministry" for Licia Ronzulli : there is "discomfort" and "a signal" must be given, it is the line that prevailed between the Azzurri who could even present themselves to the consultations, a circumstance denied by Salvini: “We will go together”.
The day by the hour:
2.15 pm - Cappellacci (FI): "Accident in the Senate" (video by G. Meloni)
2.00 pm - Giagoni (Lega): "Respectful fountain, useless show from the center-left" (video by G. Meloni)
1.20 pm - Sources of the Nazarene: "Putin celebrates the election of Fontana"
"For the election of Fontana the first to celebrate is Vladimir Putin, in spite of the much-heralded continuity and the alleged moderate change told by some commentators. The truth is that between yesterday and today a further disturbing shift to the right took place. Pd made an electoral campaign of strong opposition to this same right, denouncing the risks of a drift that was predictable even before the vote. We were the only ones to do so. The reality of these hours has taken the task of proving that we were right and that we needed a very hard campaign. How hard and uncompromising our opposition will be starting from today ". This was declared by the sources of the Democratic Party.
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12.50 - Zan: "Fontana has built his career on hatred" (video by G. Meloni)
12.35 pm - Fontana: "The Pope is a spiritual reference for the majority of Italians"
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great gratitude and great emotion that I turn for the trust, I thank those who voted for me and who did not. It will be my honor to lead the parliament". This was stated by the new Speaker of the Chamber, Lorenzo Fontana, in his speech after the proclamation. "I wanted to dedicate a first greeting to Pope Francis who represents a spiritual reference for the majority of Italian citizens. The Pope is carrying out a diplomatic action in favor of unparalleled peace", he added.
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12.25 pm - Meloni: "Even in the good room the first one, we proceed quickly"
"Here, too, in the good room, the first one. We are proceeding quickly, I am happy and I congratulate Fontana". This was stated by the leader of Fdi Giorgia Meloni commenting on the election of Lorenzo Fontana to the presidency of the Chamber in the Transatlantic.
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12.20 - Salvini: "Yesterday a small accident, the center-right will rule for 5 years"
"I'm happy", yesterday there was "a small hiccup. The center-right will govern well for 5 years". Thus the leader of the League Matteo Salvini speaking with the reporters in the Transatlantic in the Chamber.
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12.10 - Lorenzo Fontana proclaimed president: 222 votes
Lega deputy Lorenzo Fontana was elected president of the Chamber. This was proclaimed by the provisional president of the Montecitorio Assembly Ettore Rosato after reading the result of the ballot of the fourth vote. Fontana received 222 votes. The whole center-right stood up again to applaud. President Ettore Rosato goes to inform Fontana, who is not in the Chamber, the result of the vote. The voters were 392, the majority required 197. In addition to Fontana, they obtained votes: Guerra 77, De Raho 52, Richetti 22. The missing ballots were 2, the white 6, the void 11.
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12.05 - Applause of the Chamber, Fontana president
Lorenzo Fontana was elected the new president of the Chamber.
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11.40 am - After the fourth vote, the counting is in progress
The fourth vote to elect the president ended in the Chamber. The count is in progress. In this vote the quorum of the absolute majority is required, including the blank and null ballots.
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11.20 am - Meloni and Salvini talking in the courtyard of Montecitorio
Interview in the courtyard between the president of Fdi Giorgia Meloni and the secretary of the Lega Matteo Salvini. The two leaders remained for a few minutes in the courtyard in front of the chamber, talking to each other.
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11 am - M5s will vote for Cafiero de Raho
M5s will vote as president of the Cafiero de Raho Chamber. Giuseppe Conte told reporters on the Transatlantic.
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10.40 am - The anti-fountain banner in the classroom
Rachele Scarpa and Alessandro Zan of the Democratic Party display a large banner with the words "No to a homophobic president pro Putin". The reference is to Lorenzo Fontana della Lega, on whom the votes of the center-right majority should converge. The provisional president Ettore Rosato has asked the clerks to be removed.
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10.30 am - The fourth vote to elect the president is underway
The fourth vote to elect the president is underway in the Chamber. It could be the decisive one: in this vote the quorum required is the absolute majority, including the blank and null ballots.
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10 am - Pd: "The name of Guerra will be proposed to the opposition"
The Democratic Party will propose the name of Maria Cecilia Guerra to the opposition in order to share it in view of the election of the President of the Chamber. This is what emerges from the meeting of the assembly of dem deputies.
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9.30 - Tajani: "Forza Italia will vote for Fontana"
"Forza Italia will vote Lorenzo Fontana as President of the Chamber of Deputies". Antonio Tajani, National Coordinator of Forza Italia, writes on Twitter.
(Unioneonline / D)
