Italian center-left political coalition elected presidential candidate Romano Prodi in the vote of 19 unsuccessful elected Bersani, leader of the Union subsequently resigned as General Secretary of the Democratic Party positions announced after the end of the presidential election.
In the afternoon of the 19th, the fourth round of voting, Prodi won 395 votes, failed to reach the 504 votes required for victory. Prodi renounced by declaring candidacy in the learning of the results of the poll will no longer participate in the voting round of the competition. According to local media reports, the center-left camp actually have 496 votes, In other words, about one-fifth of the voters in the camp is not running decision support Prodi, split in serious condition.
Bersani his top Democrats convened after the polls closed talks, and immediately issued a statement immediately after the end of the presidential election announced that it would resign from the duties of the General Secretary of the Democratic Party, also announced that the Democratic Party will abstain in the fifth round of voting.
"In the middle of every four people we have a betrayal of the Democratic Party, a force is destroying the Democratic Party," Bersani said, "to find a solution in the present circumstances, it is necessary to reach an agreement with other parties, I can not accept my parties to hinder the formation of the solution. "
Division of the left in the the Bersani resignation declaration has been difficult to reconcile, camp free eco-Party subsequently announced that it will support third-largest parliamentary political forces - Five Star Movement Party presidential candidate in the fifth round of balloting, 79 years old the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Stefano · Luo Duota,.
The left camp split not only weaken its influence in the presidential election, but also to the new government to form a cabinet situation even more nebulous fans more intractable political deadlock. Italian media is expected, the young guard force in the Democratic Party leaders, the mayor of Florence Lenzi will likely become the de facto leader of the center-left alliance.
Italian parliamentary elections held in February this year, the center-left coalition to win by a narrow margin, but not enough to form a cabinet alone. Subsequent cabinet negotiations, all parties are unwilling to compromise, the cabinet has not been possible to succeed. Since the Constitution provides that the President to dissolve Parliament at least 6 months before the end of its term, the current President Giorgio Napolitano will hold office until the end of May 15 this year, has not announced the re-election. The election of a new president will be cleared this hurdle.
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