In the case of elections for the new President of the Republic the important thing is not to tie yourself too much to a single game scheme but to seize all the opportunities that the evolution of the political and parliamentary situation can offer to arrive at the best solution for the country: this is what the leader of Italia Viva, Matteo Renzi said , in the podcast of the Gedi group hosted by Gerardo Greco.
A few days after the start of voting for the choice of the new Head of State, according to Renzi I am three game patterns on the table.
The first concerns the possibility that the centre-right, which with its 460 votes is the strongest line-up, put forward a candidate that it can collect also consensus in the centre-left area. Obviously we are not talking about Silvio Berlusconi, which the centre-left will never vote for. So? Renzi did not name names but a centre-right candidate who could also gather votes in the centre-left is that of Gianni Letta.
The second scheme bears the name of Mario Draghi, who, as the Prime Minister has done very well, could be a Head of State of great authority and international prestige. But if Draghi went up to the Quirinale, the political forces would have to catch up an iron agreement on the new government, both to avoid early elections and reach the natural end of the legislature in 2023, and to not waste the unique opportunity that Italy has before it with the rain of money from the Next Generation Eu, provided that they know how to spend well and that the reforms promised to Europe be carried out. Of course the new government could be Ursula majority (i.e. without Lega and Fratelli d'Italia) or of national unity with the presence of leaders in the Executive.
Then there is the third scheme which – in Renzi's opinion – could foresee a sort of from the fourth vote ballot between Berlusconi and an alternative center-left candidate.
According to the leader of Italia Viva however, the re-election of Sergio Mattarella is not on the agenda, who could not be elected unanimously as in the case of Napolitano bis because the right would not vote for him. But, beyond the mists that currently envelop the Quirinale, according to Renzi the elections won't go too long and towards January 27 Italy could have a new President of the Republic.
