Today, at 3 pm, voting begins to elect the new President of the Republic in place of Sergio Mattarella.
And the parties continue the debate on the name of a candidate who can ultimately be voted by the widest possible camp.
These are the main facts of the day:
10.58 - For the first time in history, the Chamber of Deputies will be convened during the election phase of the President of the Republic for the proclamation of an incoming deputy. The decision will be taken by the Conference of Group Leaders convened for 12.00. The deputy of FI Vincenzo Fasano who died yesterday must be replaced. Normally, during the election of the President of the Republic, the chambers of the Chamber and Senate are not convened.
10.35 - The joint meeting of the Presidency Offices of the Chamber and Senate ends in Montecitorio in view of the start of the voting. During the meeting, the President of the Chamber Roberto Fico illustrated the procedures for carrying out the vote, which was acknowledged. During the counting of the ballots, the President of the Chamber will only read the surname of the voter if the ballot only bears this indication or when, while reporting other notations, the person to whom the vote is attributed is univocally identifiable. He will read the name and surname only if both are shown in the form and the reading of the surname alone does not allow the univocal attribution of the vote.
9.56 - The 44 Great Electors of IV will present a blank ballot today.
This is the decision made by parliamentarians and regional delegates of Matteo Renzi's party in the assembly which, convened to take stock of what to do, has just ended.
9.52 - Ignazio La Russa makes it clear that the Brothers of Italy will vote blank in this first vote
8.49 - Last night the deputy of FI Vincenzo Fasano died and, since the big voters without him would be 1008, today we should proceed with the proclamation of the first of the non-elected to make him participate immediately in the vote.
8.30 - Prime Minister Mario Draghi leaves Città della Pieve where he spent the weekend.
The premier left in a car with an escort.
00.16 - The meeting between the M5S parliamentarians and their leader Giuseppe Conte ends, inviting the center-right to "not give in to delusions of omnipotence, that is to think that this is the moment for a center-right president or that there is a right of first refusal , because they would be the majority of the country ".
"This is not a speech that would keep us going", he assures.
And it guarantees that the Movement will not put "vetoes" on vetoes and that it will not have "negative attitudes" towards the various proposals for candidacies that will be presented.
