Quirinale, Berlusconi? Center-right with slingbar
The pact of artichokes. The Center-right is located in Villa Grande, the Roman residence of Silvio Berlusconi, exactly ten days before the start of the votes in Parliament to elect the new Head of State and, with an official statement, all the leaders, even those of the minor political forces, indicate the former Knight as the most suitable for the Quirinale.
Formally, however, it will be a new coalition summit next week to check if the numbers are there and, only at that moment, Berlusconi will choose the reserve. The summit-lunch, based on parmigiana aubergines, baked sea bass, grilled squid and artichoke side dish (particularly appreciated by all those present, many asked for an encore and also the trio), was quite long, more than usual, and the final statement shows how a compromise has been sought and reached with the slingbar. Berlusconi obtains the investiture, but not immediately, as the centrists of Coraggio Italia and in part there were asking League, only after a verification of the parliamentary numbers.
No reference to Mario Draghi, although in recent days Forza Italia had clearly said that with Super Mario at Colle it would have gone straight to the vote. The “common and coherent” path up to the next political elections is the guarantee for Lega and Fratelli d’Italia that both the blues and the minor parties of the coalition will remain loyal to the right, however the game goes Quirinale, and they will not give life to any center or doily. Also implicit is the no to a proportional electoral law and the confirmation of the mixed system, partly majority-single-member (Rosatellum).
Right on electoral law a case breaks out. Around 7 pm a second statement explains that on the sidelines of the Center-right meeting on the imminent election of the Head of State, the coalition leaders Silvio Berlusconi (FI), Matteo Salvini (Lega), Giorgia Meloni (Fdi), Lorenzo Cesa (Udc) , Maurizio Lupi (Nci), “confirm on behalf of their parties that they are committed, in view of future political elections, not to modify the current electoral law in a proportional sense”. The note is missing, however, the signature of L is missinguigi Brugnaro for Courage Italy. Without that the centrists of Toti have other projects.
Giorgia Meloni, however, has obtained the passage on the “parliamentary convergence on the contents that have always been the common heritage of the coalition”, a way to avoid an internal war and to disconnect more and more Lega and Forza Italia from M5S and Pd. In short, in the next few days the squirrel operation of the former Cav will continue in search of numbers by calling the electors, especially the Mixed Group. In the Carroccio and in FdI they have strong doubts that Berlusconi can really climb the Colle, but for the moment they have to go along with the former prime minister.
But the moments are not lacking. Gianni Letta, for the second consecutive day, he launched an appeal for sharing, just the opposite of the candidacy of the founder of the Center-right. Gianni Letta, who according to some rumors this morning would have met the Prime Minister a Palazzo Chigi, he affirmed: “The climate of serenity and evaluation of the general interests of the common good must be the guide for all those who have the responsibility ‘, the task of electing the head of state. I hope that the election of the head of state will can perform in this climate of serene participation, harmony and commitment to the common good “, he added.
No war against Berlusconi (in fact Gianni Letta was at the top of Villa Grande) but a signal to the other political forces: if on the fourth vote the former Cav is far from 505, probable, the real negotiation starts. And with Giuliano Amato towards the presidency of the Constitution Court, the derby is looming Cartabia-Casini.
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