Italy: Executive approves new general elections in September after dissolution of Parliament

The Italian Council of Ministers has confirmed snap general election for next September 25 following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghias confirmed to Efe by government sources.

Previously the head of state, Sergio Mattarellahad signed the decree with which The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies are dissolvedwhich forced the elections to be held within 70 days, as dictated by the Constitution.

Draghi, who with the rest of his ministers remains in office until the formation of the new Executive, has been seen forced to resign al lose the support of a significant part of the national unity coalition which he directed since February 2021.

The date of the elections was confirmed while the Council of Ministers chaired by Draghi was taking place, which was to set it.

This same followingnoon, the Prime Minister, accompanied by the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgesethey will go to Mattarella to inform him of the date of September 25, which must be decreed in the official call of the President of the Republic.

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The electoral advance of this legislature, which should conclude in March 2023is due to Draghi’s resignation, formalized this morning before Mattarella, although will continue to function until the formation of the new Executive.

Draghi presided over a coalition of national unity in the last 17 months, since February 2021, when he was commissioned to govern to manage the pandemic crisis following the fall of his predecessor, Giuseppe Conteleader of the 5 Star Movement (M5S).

His coalition was supported by virtually all the games of the hemicyclefrom left to right, except for Giorgia Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy.

However, he decided to resign a week ago following losing the support of M5S following weeks of disagreements for various reasons, such as a decree once morest inflation and the misgivings of the populist formation to continue arming the Ukrainian resistance.

Then the head of state rejected the resignation and summoned Draghi to settle his crisis in Parliament, where he went yesterday Wednesday with the intention of resecting his coalition and re-add all the parties to complete the legislature.

However, far from putting it back together, it witnessed the abandonment of two other important partners, the League of Matteo Salvini and the Forza Italia of Silvio Berlusconi, so he had no choice but to resign irrevocably this Thursday. (EFE)