With the votes of the Pd, the Pdl, the Montiani of Civic Choice and the League, Giorgio Napolitano was re-elected President of the Republic in a flash. It is the first time in the history of the republic that a Head of State has been re-elected and this is enough to express the state of political and institutional emergency that Italy is going through. Compared to a quorum of 504 votes, Napolitano hit the mark in the first shot, collecting 739 votes, that is, over two hundred more than necessary and infinitely more than the challenger Stefano Rodotà (217) supported by Beppe Grillo and Sel.
Napolitano had repeatedly ruled out wanting to stay at the Quirinale, also due to his age (he will turn 88 in June), but, faced with the very serious stalemate in Italian politics, in the morning he was unable to resist the pressure from Pierluigi Bersani, Silvio Berlusconi and Mario Monti and in the end, with great generosity, accepted re-election.
Napolitano's election is part of broad agreements and also brings with it a government supported by Pd-Pdl and Civic Choice which could be led by former premier Giuliano Amato with Enrico Letta as deputy and which would have as its programmatic basis the proposals recently formulated by the essays activated by the Quirinale.
Like last time, Napolitano was not unanimously elected but we can swear that once again he will soon be able to gain everyone's approval with an incomparable, authoritative and absolutely impartial guide. Obama immediately congratulated Napolitano.
