In a parliamentary republic such as Italy, the resignation of the prime minister triggers a decision point for the president of the republic. President Sergio Mattarella could either call for the existing government to face a confidence vote in parliament or conduct consultations with all political parties to explore opportunities to create an alternative governing coalition.
He chose the latter, and in this case tasked President of the Chamber Roberto Fico with exploring options. If consultations fail — which they did — the president of the republic can make one of two calls: dissolve parliament and call for new elections, or task an institutional figure usually one who is outside politics , to form a new government that must face a confidence vote in the existing parliament.
Elections require at least two months of preparation time, during which the campaign and elections themselves would imply sanitary risks. Moreover, the lack of a fully empowered executive government could delay vaccinations and the elaboration of the economic plan requested by the EU commission before Italy can access funding from the EU Recovery Facility. Given the technical and un-elected nature of this government, this comes at high political cost for some of them.
The Five Star Movement, which in its origins stood against technocracy, is highly divided and will likely ask its base — through the online platform Rousseau — whether or not to endorse Draghi.
That is the case with the Conte government that just collapsed, which was built on an uneasy coalition featuring the Five-Star Movement with the rightwing League. Odds are the next government will be based on a coalition between the Five-Star Movement and the center-left Democratic Party. Conte is likely to head that government as well.
News Analysis: Why do Italian governments collapse so often? Source: Xinhua Editor: Yamei. Video Player Close. The Corte Costituzionale has 5 judges appointed by the president, 5 elected by parliament, and 5 elected by select higher courts.
The chamber of deputies has members who are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system. The senate has members who are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system. Government Type: Parliamentary Republic. Coat of Arms of Italian Republic. Senators are elected for each region for the Senate of the Republic via a proportional representation system. The Prime Minister also known as the President of Council is appointed by the President of Italy, as are the Ministers who form his cabinet, based on the recommendation of the Prime Minister.
The Government must have the support of both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, so Parliament exercises a significant degree of control over the Prime Minister and his Cabinet.
The Prime Minister can be removed through a vote of no confidence from the majority coalition in Parliament, after which the President must either dissolve Parliament for new elections or appoint a new Prime Minister from within the current Parliament to lead it. There have been nineteen legislatures, forty-three consecutive premierships, and sixty-five different cabinets in the history of the Italian Government.
The President of Italy is responsible for upholding many of the same duties as the King of Italy once had, as his role brings together the three branches of the Italian political framework — the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. He also acts as the commander-in-chief of the Italian military. Constitutionally, any Italian citizen over the age of fifty who has civil and political rights can be elected president.
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