After the "black smoke" of the first day of voting, which ended with a real triumph of white ballots, voting in the House continued today to elect the new President of the Republic.
The chronicle of the second day:
19.30 - "Let's not oppose our shortlist" of candidates to the Quirinale, wrote in a joint statement at the end of the meeting Pd, M5S and Leu, in the Chamber: "We take note of the triad formulated by the cdx which appears to be a step forward , useful for dialogue. While respecting the legitimate choices of the center-right, we do not believe that the broad sharing necessary at this moment can develop on those names. our rose of names ". Finally "tomorrow we propose a meeting between two small delegations to which we will bring our proposals".
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7.15 pm - Second black smoke
With the scrutiny still in progress, the second smoke for the Quirinale is also black: a new shower of white cards.
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19.10 - A vote also for Cappellacci
Among the blank ballots, a vote also goes to the former president of the Sardinia Region Ugo Cappellacci, one to the magistrate and lay member of the CSM Nino Di Matteo and one to the songwriters Enrico Ruggeri and Claudio Baglioni respectively.
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18.29 - Second voting closed
The second vote of the Parliament in joint session ends, integrated by the delegates of the regions to elect the President of the Republic.
Now the counting starts, which is carried out personally by the President of the Chamber Roberto Fico.
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18.15 - After the call of the deputies, the regional delegates vote
Finished in the Chamber of Deputies he calls her deputies for the election of the President of the Republic. Part now calls it of the delegates of the regions.
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5.40 pm - Wolves: "Soon Salvini-Letta confrontation on names"
"I think that tonight or tomorrow morning we will meet again in the center-right. The working method continues: first there must be an interlocution between Salvini, who is the leader of the center-right coalition, and Letta then we await the call from Salvini". Thus the president of “Noi con l'Italia”, Maurizio Lupi, leaving the Chamber. "We will decide by tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest what to do in the third vote - he added -. Letta's response to our proposal is the sign that there is a desire to confront"
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17.20 - Conte: "No one has the right of first refusal on names"
"We reserve the right to make an assessment on the proposals of the center-right, but that no one has a pre-emptive right to elect head of state". The president of the M5s, Giuseppe Conte said this in front of Montecitorio. "The M5s does not give legitimacy licenses to any political force - he added - It is the citizens who grant these licenses, so the center-right has the duty and right to present proposals".
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5 pm - Enrico Letta: "Quality candidates, we will evaluate without prejudice"
"We want to discuss with the allies, we do everything with them." So the secretary of the Democratic Party, Enrico Letta, replying to journalists who asked him if the center-left will also present a shortlist of names for the Quirinale. Those proposed by the center-right are "names certainly of quality - he then continued - and we will evaluate them without prejudice ”.
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16.50 - Melons: "Three top-level profiles: we can't do more"
"We are satisfied with the compactness and unity of the coalition. I am happy with how we are operating and with the proposal made to try to take a step forward to prevent politics from giving a bad image on the election of the Head of State, continuing to lose days . We believe it is our responsibility to make proposals. " So Giorgia Meloni in the press conference of the center-right. “I claim respect for the millions of citizens who feel represented by our political and cultural area - he continued - and I therefore hope that we can enter into the merits of our proposal. The three profiles presented are of the highest level ".
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4.40 pm - Tajani: "Berlusconi's step sideways demonstration of the unity of the center-right"
“We want to dialogue and discuss with everyone, in a sovereign Parliament, finding the best solution. The center-right puts all the best possible resources into the field for the country, and Berlusconi's step to the side is a demonstration of our unity in this sense ”. So Antonio Tajani in the press conference of the center-right.
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16.30 - The center-right launches Moratti, Nordio and Pera
"There is and there will be agreement from the beginning to the end of the path", the words of Salvini, who spoke at the opening of the press conference by launching the three names in the center-right squad that "we hope they will be welcomed with a desire for dialogue and without ' no 'a priori estimates ". The names are those of Letizia Moratti, Carlo Nordio and Marcello Pera, personalities "of the highest profile and without a political card in his pocket". "We are not here to impose anything on anyone", continued Salvini. "In the last 30 years the left has been the protagonist of the choice, I think it is now the right of the moderate liberal area that is the majority of the country to make proposals".
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16.20 - After the call of the senators
The vote of the senators for the election of the president of the Chamber has concluded
Republic. Now the deputies vote.
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4 pm - The reputational ranking rewards Mario Draghi
According to Zwan's analysis carried out through the Reputation Rating algorithm, the five main candidates to the Quirinale capable of making a greater contribution to the country's reputation rise are Mario Draghi, Marta Cartabia, Elisabetta Casellati, Gianni Letta and Paolo Gentiloni. Still in first place in the race to the Colle, therefore, the premier in office.
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3.35 pm - Renzi: "Be quick, vote twice a day"
"I hope that the presidency will start voting twice a day: there is a very heavy crisis in Ukraine, the economic crisis on energy and gas, absurd rules at school for the dad, at least Parliament is aware of what is happening playing. Mine is a call to hurry. " Thus Matteo Renzi, leader of IV, speaking in the transatlantic to the Chamber. "Will Iv join one of the squads of center-right or center-left names?", He then continued.
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3.30 pm - Read to Tajani: "Understood only if shared name"
Enrico Letta's conversation with Antonio Tajani was "constructive": options and names were evaluated with the hope of reaching a balanced solution in the interest of the country. This was explained by sources from the Nazarene, consulted at the end of the meeting. Letta explained how he has never denied the center-right the legitimacy of proposing profiles, but clarifying how only a truly super partes, authoritative and non-divisive profile can represent a satisfactory solution for everyone.
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3.10 pm - Center-right: blank ballot again today - In the center-right summit, with all the leaders gathered in the Chamber, according to what is learned, it has been established that the coalition will vote blank again today.
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3.11 pm - The second round begins - One minute after 3 pm President Fico starts the second day of voting. Even today the quorum required is 2/3, or 673 votes. It starts with the senators. The first to vote is Umberto Bossi.
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2.50 pm - Summit and counter-summit - The summit of M5s, Pd and Leu which was scheduled for 15.00 is postponed to 5.15 pm: the leaders of the three parties, as we learn, will consider presenting a shortlist of candidates for the Quirinale. The decision will also be taken in light of the outcome of the center-right summit, scheduled for 4 pm.
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2.45 pm - Salvini: “Draghi is fine where he is” - Draghi is in Chigi and works well in Chigi. ”Matteo Salvini said this in answering reporters before the start of the second round of voting for the Colle.
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14.09 - Covid, 12 positive to vote - According to what is learned, there are sixteen major voters who test positive for Covid or in quarantine on the second day of voting for the election of the President of the Republic. Of these, twelve are currently expected at the special 'drive in' seat set up in the Montecitorio car park to allow them to vote safely by arriving, as happened yesterday, in a car or in an ambulance.
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13.50 - Casellati, Pera and Nordio for the center-right - The leaders of the center-right coalition try to define the list of names to be presented to the rest of the parties for the Colle. The idea is to arrive at a triad and at the moment the names would be that of the current president of the Senate Maria Elisabetta Casellati, the former magistrate Carlo Nordio and the former president of Palazzo Madama Marcello Pera. And then there would also be Letizia Moratti and Giulio Tremonti.
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Iva Zanicchi: "I would be an excellent president" - Video:
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13.45 - Tajani (FI): "Draghi stay in Chigi" - "Draghi is in a government majority that is not political but of national unity to defeat the coronavirus, to field all the resources and projects related to the PNR. Without of him it is impossible to maintain a government of national unity. This is not me saying this, but many. The 5-star Movement, the Lega, says it is not a question linked to the person ". Thus the national coordinator of Forza Italia, Antonio Tajani arriving in Montecitorio.
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13.27 - Green Europe and the Italian Left: “Let's vote Manconi” - The parliamentarians of Green Europe and the Italian Left will vote as President of the Republic the ex-senator from Sassari Luigi Manconi. “Manconi - reads a note - is a person who has served the institutions and has made politics a place to give a voice to the least, promoting the mobilization around the dramatic story of Giulio Regeni whose anniversary is today the anniversary of his death. Manconi is an ecologist, a guarantor, a profound connoisseur of our Constitution and a strong defender of the rule of law and is the politician who fought to fight cases of evil justice, such as that of Federico Aldrovandi and Stefano Cucchi. For us, your candidacy is also a response to what is seriously disturbing in these hours ”.
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12.15 - Letta: "The right does not try to divide the country" - The secretary of the Democratic Party Enrico Letta asks the center-right to avoid "dividing the parliament", finding "an agreement" and "a broad sharing on a super partes name, a woman or a man, which the country needs ". "There doesn't have to be a winner, but we need to show unity."
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11.30 am - Letta and Renzi: “No to Frattini” - No to a profile like that of Franco Frattini for the presidency of the Republic: on this line there would be a bank between Matteo Renzi and Enrico Letta. It is learned from sources of Italia Viva and is confirmed by sources from the Nazarene. The shared opinion - as evidenced by the declarations of these hours by the Pd and IV - is that in a delicate phase for the Ukraine crisis we need a profile of "pro-European and Atlanticist" President of the Republic.
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11 am - Rose of names for the center -right - The center-right in view of the second vote is ready to draw up a "list of names". It is learned from parliamentary sources. The list could also include that of the former foreign minister of the Berlusconi government Paolo Frattini.
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10.30 am - “No Salvini-Draghi negotiations” - “No negotiations are underway between Senator Matteo Salvini and Prime Minister Mario Draghi regarding an alleged reshuffle. It is unfounded and disrespectful for Senator Salvini and President Draghi to imagine that at this stage - rather than discussing real issues ". The denial comes from sources in the League, after rumors of "negotiations" between the secretary of the Northern League and the premier, linked to the election of the new Head of State.
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10 am - League meeting - In progress at Montecitorio la
meeting between the secretary Matteo Salvini, the senators and the regional delegates of the League (including Michele Pais, president of the Regional Council of Sardinia). After that there will be a meeting with the deputies.
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9.34 - Casini comes out into the open - Pier Ferdinando Casini, one of the most cited candidates for the presidency of the Republic in recent days, comes out of the secrecy of the last period with a post on Instagram: "Political passion is my life !!" exclaims the former Speaker of the House commenting on a photo of him when, at a very young age, he was leading the young Christian Democrats.
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9 am - Renzi: "Salvini has the ace in his hand" - "The one who has the ace in his hand to close this game is called Matteo Salvini, he just has to choose when to play it". The leader of Italia viva Matteo Renzi said this. According to Renzi, the leader of the League "He has four hypotheses: to insist on a center-right name, to seek a great agreement with everyone on a name that is out of the loop; to make an agreement with Conte; finally, to focus on safe second-hand".
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The summary of the first day of voting:
In the first round , two thirds (672) of the ballots voted by 976 (out of 1008 eligible) major electors (senators, deputies and representatives of the regions) were left unnamed, while 49 were canceled.
36 votes were received by Paolo Maddalena, candidate of the 5 Star Movement, while the outgoing head of state Sergio Mattarella obtained 16 preferences.
But - despite some names sketched here and there between the serious and facetious (someone even wrote Amadeus or Alberto Angela) - the wait-and-see line prevailed.
In fact, during the first vote, the leaders of the parties met and sent messages to allies and opponents.
The main data to be recorded is the "openness to dialogue" between the Democratic Party and the League, after a face to face between the secretaries Enrico Letta and Matteo Salvini. Dialogue that the president of the M5S Giuseppe Conte also finds available.
How this openness to the comparison will translate into concrete names remains to be seen (we are talking about the usual Mario Draghi, but Salvini is reluctant).
On the other hand, Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, yesterday launched her proposal: Carlo Nordio, former magistrate who is already the holder of the investigations on the Mose of Venice and on the red Cooperatives.
Sardinia, in addition to deputies and senators, is represented by the governor Christian Solinas, by the president of the regional council Michele Pais and by the group leader Pd Gianfranco Ganau.
"I fully feel - said the governor during the first day - the responsibility of representing the Sardinian people in the temple of democracy", confident that the classroom will finally be able to elect "a guarantor who knows how to keep the institutions safe before the many challenges awaiting the country ".
(Unioneonline)
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