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If no candidate achieves a majority in Parliament, the chambers would be dissolved and elections would be called.
Italy has already set a date to the process to choose the next Republic President during the next seven years. The leader of the Chamber of Deputies, Roberto Fico, has called this Tuesday a joint session of Parliament for the next January 24th in order to start the election.
The session, starting at 3:00 p.m., opens the race to choose the new head of State, for whom names such as the current head of the Government ring, Mario Draghi, or the former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. It also highlights the initiative promoted by a group of intellectuals to elect a woman.
In the process, which will take place in the Palacio de Montecitorio (the seat of the lower house), more than 1,000 “great voters” will participate, including deputies, senators and delegates from the regions.
The election of the replacement for Sergio Mattarella, whose term expires in a month, must be carried out by the majority of Parliament, otherwise the chambers would be dissolved and elections would be called, something that would benefit the extreme right, as polls have shown for months.
The candidates
The strongest candidate for the moment is Draghi, who came to power last February to bring the country out of its umpteenth political crisis due to the lack of agreement among government partners and who has established himself as the head of government with the greatest consensus among the last years.
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Despite his prestige and the fact that he himself has suggested his availability, his access to the presidency of the Republic would open an unprecedented crossroads, since the Constitution explicitly indicates that the Executive and the Head of State cannot be in the hands of the same person. In addition, some voices have questioned his appointment because it might mean opening a new period of instability in the country and that the reforms required by the EU are put on hold.
Another name that sounds these days is Berlusconi, whose candidacy supports the center-right formed by his party, Forza Italia, and the far-right League and Brothers of Italy, although it seems unlikely that he will achieve the necessary support and a protest was called this Tuesday. once morest him in Rome.
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