At the eighth vote comes the white smoke on the highest hill. Sergio Mattarella was re-elected to the Presidency of the Republic
Appeals for the re-election of the Head of State continued throughout the day and culminated in an agreement in the majority. And the Head of State himself said, after a series of meetings with the parties: "I had other plans, but there are."
The direct:
20.19 - Mattarella reaches the quorum
It's official: Mattarella re-elected, he has just reached the 505 votes necessary for the quorum, long applause from the great voters present in the Chamber for him.
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7.45 pm - The counting has begun
At the start of the count, almost all the votes for Mattarella
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19.25 - It's up to the delegates of the Regions
Part now calls it of the delegates of the regions for the election of the President of the Republic.
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19.20 - Deidda (FDI): "A serious forcing"
“We are sincerely sorry for not being able to give to those millions of Italians who feel they are center-right a President of the Republic who would represent them and who was not from the PD. We find serious the forcing of a 7-year renewal of the mandate for the President of the Republic Mattarella, moreover after he had clearly expressed his will not to remain in office. Seven years of mandate for seven months of government and the end of the legislature ", declares Salvatore Deidda, deputy of FdI.
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19.10 - Salvini: "Belloni proposed by Letta and Conte"
"Belloni's proposal did not come to my mind: Conte and Letta proposed it to me: then if Letta changed her mind ...". The leader of the League, Matteo Salvini, said this on La7.
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6.45 pm - Conte: "All objectives have been achieved, except for women" - For the election of the President of the Republic, the M5s has "achieved the main objectives" except for one, that of electing a woman president, according to the president of the M5s Giuseppe Conte. Conte also commented on the friction between him and Di Maio that emerged on the hypothesis of bringing the name of Elisabetta Belloni into the classroom. "The time will come for internal clarifications in a community that discusses with all the members who must respond not to the leader but to the party community ".
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6.40 pm - Franceschini: "Letta the winner" - Curtain on an ocean liner in the Chamber of Dario Franceschini with the secretary of the Pd Enrico Letta. Letta approaches the classroom and Franceschini greets him: "The Winner", the winner. The reference is all 'agreement for the Mattarella bis.
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18.15 - Renzi: "Salvini and M5S rejected with losses" - "Salvini and Conte yesterday tried to question the scheme we see today, but were rejected with losses". Matteo Renzi (IV) said so. "I believe that whoever could use this opportunity to demonstrate that leadership he has been talking about for months and months has not succeeded. I remember that Salvini went from the Tweet 'Mattarella is not my president' of 2015 to 'Mattarella is my choice' and that the Five Stars long ago spoke of impeachment ".
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17.55 - Frailis (Pd): "Mattarella and Draghi confirm a good for Sardinia"
"The agreement for the re-election of President Mattarella is perfectly in tune with the sentiment of the country, made up of a request for stability and continuity. The Italians would not have understood solutions that could have created dangerous fractures in Parliament and above all the interruption of the action of a government that is effectively responding to common needs. Confirming Mattarella and Draghi in their high institutional roles will also be good for regions such as Sardinia, which from a loyal and profitable relationship with the State, awaits the necessary responses to the many and serious problems he is currently experiencing ". This was declared by the Sardinian deputy of the Democratic Party Andrea Frailis.
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5.50 pm - Giorgetti: "No resignation, but we need a new code of conduct among allies"
"Change of pace? I think you know exactly the measures that await us in the next year, the problems are serious and serious. The government is working very well but in the face of a year like this, at least a new code of conduct among the majority allies is necessary". Thus the Minister of the League Giancarlo Giorgetti. "No request for a reshuffle," he adds, then Salvini announces that on Monday there will be a three-way meeting between him Giorgetti and Draghi.
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5.45 pm - "President always respectful of Parliament"
"President Mattarella told us that he had other plans, that he believed his term was over, but that he has always been respectful of Parliament". This was reported to Ansa by the president of the senators of the Mixed group, Loredana De Petris, referring to the conversation she had with the head of state at Colle.
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5.40 pm - Deputies vote
The senators have finished voting, the 630 deputies have begun.
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17.30 - Mattarella to the group leaders: "I had other plans but there are"
"President Mattarella was calm and did not scold anyone. The group leaders explained the situation, he thanked him for the esteem; he told us that he had other plans for his future, but given the situation he said that if you need a hand from he, he is there, he made himself available ". This was stated by the SVP group leader in the Senate Julia Unterberger, after the talks of the majority group leaders with the President of the Republic at the Quirinale.
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17.25 - Salvini and Giorgetti ask Draghi to meet
"I am happy that Mattarella has accepted with a sense of responsibility the intention of Parliament to indicate him to the presidency of the Republic. Resignation? To face this new phase, a fine-tuning is needed: the government with its majority adopts a new type of working method that allows us to constructively deal with the many dossiers, even divided ones, so as not to transform this year into a very long, harmful electoral campaign that is of no use to the country ". Thus the development minister Giancarlo Giorgetti at the end of a meeting with the secretary of the Lega Salvini. The two asked Draghi to meet.
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17.10 - "Mattarella has accepted the requests"
Mattarella "acknowledged that there would be the possibility of electing high-level personalities but once again reaffirmed the profound sense of the institutions that pervaded him and told us that he will do his best". Debora Serracchiani says this at a press conference after the meeting at Colle. Simona Malpezzi, leader of the Pd group in the Senate, adds: "Mattarella is a man of the institutions:" He welcomed us, listened to us and accepted the requests of a Parliament which in turn took up the requests of a country, with its usual ability to understand the moments that the country is experiencing ".
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16.55 - Fedriga: "Mattarella man of the state"
"It seems to me that Mattarella proves once again that he is a man of the state. I found him determined and his further availability is a sign of his great responsibility". This was stated by the president of the State-Regions Conference Massimiliano Fedriga as he left the Quirinale, where all the Presidents of the Region, including Solinas, went and asked the Head of State to accept the encore.
The governors of the Brothers of Italy "have legitimately expressed a position different from that of all the other presidents," Fedriga added.
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4.45 pm - Read: "Draghi government strengthened"
"I think that the government comes out strengthened, stronger because the majority of the government made a very complicated choice, they could split but they were united together. We did a good common job. The government is strengthened, with greater cohesion, less desire to mark the territory or act as a bumper. The Prime Minister comes out stronger, because he comes out with the President of the Republic next to him who has given him strength in these eleven months ". Enrico Letta says so.
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16.30 - Voting begins
The eighth vote for the election of the President of the Republic has begun in Montecitorio. It should be the right one. As always, it starts with the senators, then the deputies and finally the delegates of the Regions.
At the bench of the presidency are the president of the Chamber Roberto Fico and the president of the Senate Elisabetta Alberti Casellati. The quorum required is that of the absolute majority of the members of the College, 505 votes.
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16.30 - Read: "From Mattarella choice of generosity towards the country"
"I want to express a big thank you to President Mattarella for his choice, which is a choice of generosity towards the country and is fundamental, important and necessary today. I think it is a beautiful day for Italy and important for Italian politics". Pd secretary Enrico Letta said this at a press conference in the House.
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16.25 - FDI votes for Nordio
Fratelli d'italia will vote for Carlo Nordio during the eighth ballot for the election of the President of the Republic. We learn this from sources in Giorgia Meloni's party.
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16.10 - Melons: "We will not vote for Mattarella, center-right to be refounded"
"Brothers of Italy will not vote Sergio Mattarella", announced the leader of Fdi Giorgia Meloni after meeting with the party's big voters. "The parliamentary center-right no longer exists, I think it should have representation. We need to re-establish the center-right from the beginning out of respect for the people who want to change, we need to start over and Fdi assumes this responsibility ", he added.
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15.50 - "Giorgetti towards his resignation"
"Giorgetti towards his resignation". So headlines Il Foglio online telling that the head of the delegation of the League in government and Minister for Economic Development would be ready to leave the executive. "For some this day leads to the Quirinale for me it brings home", was his hot comment immediately after the news of the majority agreement on Mattarella bis.
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3.40 pm - "Mattarella made himself available"
"Obviously, President Mattarella made himself available". This was stated by the parent company of the SVP in the Senate Julia Unterberger leaving the Quirinale.
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3.30 pm - Group leader at Colle: "Everything is fine"
"Everything went fine". The majority group leaders did not want to add anything else, leaving the Quirinale after meeting with the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella.
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14.50 - Salvini: "We chose us for the good of the country"
"Let's go with our heads held high, we have chosen for the good of the country. There have been too many vetoes, the situation had to be unblocked and we have taken on a great responsibility. We will win policies and govern this country". The leader of the League, Matteo Salvini, said this during the assembly with the great electors of the League.
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2.20 pm - At 4.15 pm press conference Pd
The secretary of the Pd Enrico Letta will hold a press conference in the group room at the Chamber of Deputies at 4.15 pm. This was announced by the Democratic Party.
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13.50 - Amato: "For the direct election the system must be changed"
The direct election of the Head of State? "It cannot be seen as something that by itself plugs into a system and leaves it as it is." This is how the new president of the Constitutional Court, Giuliano Amato, replies at a press conference.
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13.35 - Concluded the seventh counting
The seventh ballot ends with another black smoke. 387 votes were obtained by Sergio Mattarella. Carlo Nordio, a candidate for FdI, received 64 votes while the prosecutor Nino Di Matteo collected 40 votes. Ten votes went to Casini, 8 to Belloni, 6 to Manconi, 4 to Cartabia, 2 to Draghi, 2 to Emilio Scalzo. The blank ballots were 60, the null ballots 4 and the votes dispersed 9. Those present were 976 in all, 380 abstentions.
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1.30 pm - The group leaders at the Colle at 3 pm
The group leaders of the majority, according to what is learned, will go to the Quirinale at 15.
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1.15 pm - Meloni: "I would be amazed by Mattarella's yes"
"I would be amazed if Mattarella agreed to be re-elected President of the Republic after having firmly and repeatedly rejected this hypothesis. Also because we all know that the second presidential term cannot become a practice, forcing the balance provided for by our Constitution". Thus the leader of FdI, Giorgia Meloni.
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1.00 pm - Read: "Thank you president"
"This morning I passed here on my way to the Chamber." With a smiling emoticon, the dem secretary Enrico Letta posts a photo on Twitter with the banner "Thank you President Mattarella".
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12.50 pm - Berlusconi hears Mattarella - “Long and affectionate phone call between Silvio Berlusconi and the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. President Berlusconi assured President Mattarella of Forza Italia's support for his re-election ”. It is learned from Forza Italia sources.
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12.47 - Agreement on Mattarella bis - An agreement has been reached in the majority summit on the bis for Sergio Mattarella. Majority sources confirm this.
"The agreement on Mattarella is a great joy", Matteo Renzi said leaving the meeting.
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12.27 - Brunetta (FI): "Mattarella and Draghi for stability" - "Stability and credibility: I have always supported the need to protect these two values above all, for the good of the country. The best guarantors of stability and credibility of Italy are Sergio Mattarella at the presidency of the Republic and Mario Draghi at the head of the government. Today the great electors will make the right choice ". Thus Renato Brunetta, Minister for Public Administration and representative of Forza Italia.
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12.22 pm - Marcucci (Pd): “We will re-elect Mattarella” - “This afternoon we will re-elect a great president: Mattarella”. Senator Pd Andrea Marcucci wrote it on social media, confirming the broad convergence for a second term of the outgoing president.
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12.15 - Casini is called out: "Mattarella bis" - "Italy cannot be further worn down by those who put their personal ambitions before the good of the country. I certainly don't want to be among them. I ask Parliament, of which I always have defended the centrality, to remove my name from any discussion and to ask the President of the Republic Mattarella for willingness to continue his mandate in the interest of the country ". Thus Pier Ferdinando Casini, who in fact removes himself from every shortlist of possible candidates, also opening to the Mattarella bis.
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12.05 pm - Sibilia (M5S): "It can be closed" - "This afternoon we can finally go towards closing. In these minutes the transversal conditions are being created to receive the clear signals of Parliament. Let's not waste any more time, we need stability" . The Undersecretary of the Interior Carlo Sibilia (M5S) wrote on social media.
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11.55 am - Renzi: “Tonight closes” - Matteo Renzi, sources from Iv say, is optimistic: "Tonight closes" on the Quirinale.
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11.44 - Meloni: “Salvini wants an encore? I don't believe it ”- “ Salvini proposes that we all go and beg Mattarella to make another term as President of the Republic. I don't want to believe it ”. Giorgia Meloni said this after the statements by the leader of the League.
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11.30 - Draghi-Mattarella Colloquium - The Prime Minister Mario Draghi had an interview of about half an hour this morning with the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. According to what we learn, the interview took place on the sidelines of Filippo Patroni Griffi's oath as judge of the Constitutional Court.
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10.50 am - Salvini: "Mattarella bis and Draghi remain prime minister" - "We consider that it is no longer serious to continue with the crossed no and vetoes and tell the president to reconsider", said Matteo Salvini on arriving at Montecitorio. "For me - added the secretary of the League - Draghi is better if he stays in Palazzo Chigi, because everything else would be risky".
"A part of Parliament does not want to find an agreement - continued Salvini - so we ask Mattarella to stay, and so the team remains like this, Draghi stays at Palazzo Chigi".
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10.05 am - Blank ballot for Italia Viva - Matteo Renzi and the voters of Italia Viva take part in the seventh vote. The choice, however, is to vote blank ballot. The same choice of Pd and 5 Star Movement.
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9.50 am - Casini: "My name only if it unites"
"My name can only be on the table if it represents a moment of unity and convergence. Italy comes before our personal ambitions". Pier Ferdinando Casini said this to journalists who intercepted him under his house, near Piazza del Gesù.
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9.30 - The seventh vote starts
The seventh vote for the election of the President of the Republic kicks off in Montecitorio.
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9.15 am - For M5s abstention or white, Fi abstains
At the next vote, abstention or blank ballot: these are the indications for the great M5s voters at the joint assembly. Forza Italia, according to what is learned, will abstain.
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9.00 - Tajani also at the summit
For the first time also Antonio Tajani, national coordinator of Forza Italia, participates in the meeting between the majority leaders with Matteo Salvini, Enrico Letta, Giuseppe Conte and Matteo Renzi. Tajani will be representing his party and the centrist grouping.
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8.30 - New Salvini-Letta-Conte summit
A new meeting between Matteo Salvini, Enrico Letta and Giuseppe Conte is scheduled at 8.30 in the offices of the Chamber. To say it is the Northern League secretary Salvini, entering Montecitorio.
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8.15 am - Read: "It's very hard, luckily the Democratic Party is united"
"Each of us, in here, plays his role as a great voter and not a great twiter. The future of the country depends on these choices." The secretary of the Democratic Party, Enrico Letta, said this, as reported by sources from the Nazarene, at the meeting with the great electors in progress in the Chamber. "It is very hard. Luckily there is the Democratic Party. Luckily there is the unity of the Democratic Party", he added to applause.
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7 am - The summits of the night
During the night, the centrist leaders (“Uniti su Casini”) and the Cinquestelle control room: Giuseppe Conte, after meeting the leaders of Pd and Leu, joined the vice-presidents, group leaders, ministers and coordinators of the Movement's committees.
THE SITUATION:
First Friday the rejection of the President of the Senate Elisabetta Casellati, then the shower of votes (336) for the outgoing Head of State Sergio Mattarella. Outside Montecitorio, the meeting between Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Lega leader Matteo Salvini, which suggests yet another negotiation on Colle and Chigi.
Finally, the relaunch of a female president, supported by the leaders of Lega Salvini and M5s Conte. We think of Marta Cartabia and Paola Severino, but the ideal “yellow-green” candidate (but also for Fdi) is Elisabetta Belloni.
After many names were burned, Draghi, Casini, Amato, Cartabia, Severino and Belloni remained on the field.
(Unioneonline)
