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Italy towards early elections, Draghi resigns

2022-07-21 11:08:38Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Italy towards early elections, Draghi resigns

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned on Thursday after key coalition allies boycotted a confidence vote, signaling the possibility of early elections.

Draghi submitted his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella during a morning meeting at the Quirinale Palace. Mattarella's office said the president had "considered" the resignation and asked Draghi's government to stay on temporarily.

The resignation means voters head back to the polls for a new general election – the second in four years – which is likely to take place in late September or early October.

Matteo Salvini's League, Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia and Giuseppe Conte's Five Star Movement (M5S) decided to abstain from a vote of confidence in the Senate on Wednesday evening.

Draghi went on to win the vote of confidence 95 to 38, but the abstentions of his allies spell the end of the national unity pact sealed in February 2021, when Draghi took office.

Mattarella had already rejected the 74-year-old's resignation on July 14 after the M5S abstained during a vote on a stimulus package.

President Mattarella, however, had called on Draghi to reconvene the parties in parliament – ​​and try to muster the support needed to stay.

Draghi renewed his calls for unity in his speech to the Senate on Wednesday - but then the League and Forza Italia announced they would no longer remain in the coalition as long as M5S was part of it.

In marked contrast to many previous political crises in Rome, many Italians have pleaded with Draghi to stay.

An online petition called "Draghi, Stay" — started by former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi — had collected more than 100,000 signatures by late Monday.

Hundreds of citizens and political leaders also turned out for pro-Draghi rallies in Rome, Milan and other cities.

About 1,000 mayors from rival political parties have even signed an open letter to Draghi urging him to stay.

On Wednesday, Draghi said popular support for his government is "unprecedented and impossible to ignore".


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