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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2013 15:18:44 GMT
Franco Marini is leading in the first ballot being held today. Only MPs and regional deputies are allowed to vote.
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Post by andrea on Apr 18, 2013 16:41:56 GMT
Marini flopped today. He was almost 200 votes behind what he should have got on paper.
Bersani agreed with Berlusconi and Monti on Marini's name yesterday evening. But at the parliamentary meeting he got 90 PD MPs voting against the proposal (with 221 in favour and 21 abstantions and around 100 skipping the vote). So another mess, in the typical fashion for Italian centre-left.
Now we should wait for the 4th vote, the first one with the threshold at 50+1% instead of 2/3.
On a technical point, not all regional deputies can vote. Just 3 representatives of each regional council (except Valle d'Aosta with just 1 IIRC).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2013 20:30:36 GMT
Result of the 4th ballot and still no new president elect:
Romano Prodi 395
Stefano Rodota 213
Anna Maria Cancellieri 78
Massimo D'Alema 15
Franco Marini 3
Giorgio Napolitano 2
Other candidates 7
Blank/invalid papers 19
Abstentions 275
Total 1007
As Andrea said, 50% +1 is needed to elect a president, ie. 504 votes. The fifth ballot takes place tomorrow.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2013 21:37:28 GMT
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Post by Andrew_S on Apr 19, 2013 21:38:43 GMT
Any idea when the new election will be held?
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Post by andrea on Apr 20, 2013 12:41:17 GMT
They begged Napolitano to carry on. He accepted. New vote at 3 PM CET.
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Post by Andrew_S on Apr 20, 2013 13:57:57 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 20, 2013 14:01:08 GMT
Giorgio Napolitano is three months older than Margaret Thatcher.
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Post by andrea on Apr 20, 2013 17:11:25 GMT
738 votes for Napolitano who is re-elected
Grillo is protesting and he's calling for a big mass protest outside the House of Deputies right now.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2013 20:57:30 GMT
I believe there is only one serving head of state who is older: Robert Mugabe (aged 89).
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Post by Philip Davies on Apr 21, 2013 22:12:07 GMT
No Shimon Peres is currently the oldest head of state. The King of Saudi Arabia and President of Ethiopia are both older than the Italian President as well. Italian presidents have all lived past 80. Of the 11 post war presidents, all but three have made it to 87!
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Post by johnloony on Apr 22, 2013 1:40:40 GMT
I believe there is only one serving head of state who is older: Robert Mugabe (aged 89). ...and he is likely to stand for re-election soon as well  |
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Post by john07 on Apr 24, 2013 13:20:42 GMT
I believe there is only one serving head of state who is older: Robert Mugabe (aged 89). ...and he is likely to stand for re-election soon as well In fact they have probably already counted the votes! |
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