The open act of trust expressed yesterday by Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni towards the Governor of the Bank of Italy, Ignazio Visco, is not just a formality but has a very clear political value which in practice heralds the reconfirmation of the expiring number of Via Nazionale at the end of October and unwelcome to the secretary of the Democratic Party, Matteo Renzi.
It all started from indiscretions reported by the "Fatto Daily" on an investigation by the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office on the Supervision of the Bank of Italy - even if for now without a hypothesis of crime and without suspects - following a complaint by the former director delegate of Banca Intermobiliare Pietro D'Aguì who, according to the newspaper, would have endangered Visco's reappointment.
Gentiloni's reply was not long in coming and he manifested "obviously unconditional trust" in Visco who, faced with the controversies of recent months, had been tempted in the past to leave.
Gentiloni's speech, in perfect harmony with the orientation of the Head of State, Sergio Mattarella, therefore seems to close the games on Bank of Italy in advance, in view of the Governor's deadline on October 31st who now has an excellent chance of reconfirming, also if the former prime minister and secretary of the Democratic Party, Matteo Renzi, has often expressed his intention to change helmsman in Via Nazionale due to the events linked first to the instability of Banca Etruria first and then of the Veneto banks.
The appointment of the Governor of the Bank of Italy is proposed by law to the President of the Republic, who must sign it, by the head of the Government after having heard the Ministers' Rabbit.
