The fifth vote of Montecitorio also "burned" the second position of the state, that is the president of the Senate Elisabetta Casellati. With his name, proposed as a surprise last night, Matteo Salvini sought the break based on the votes of the center-right alone, but the attempt failed. Casellati stopped at 382 preferences, causing at least seventy internal snipers to materialize. And so the coalition's malaise exploded, which forced Salvini to desist in the second vote. There will therefore be no other attempts for the second position of the state that comes out wounded by the ballot. A difficult day that also recorded the accusation of having marked the cards to make them recognizable in order to identify who has "betrayed".
So much so that Giorgia Meloni furiosa made it clear: "Brothers of Italy, even in the fifth vote, confirms itself as a solid and loyal party. Even the League holds. Not so for others. There are those in this election, from the beginning - the leader of the Brothers of Italy accuses - has openly worked to prevent the historic election of a center-right president.
Harsh words that certify the internal laceration in the center-right after Elisabetta Casellati's flop.
In fact, in today's second call, the center-right changes and abstains while the center-left votes blank ballot.
And so the sixth vote ends with nothing.
Accusations of irresponsibility for having sent the second office of the state to the massacre rained down from the center and now we start again with meetings, contacts and phone calls.
But if it was already clear yesterday, today no one has more doubts: the tests of strength do not work with a Parliament split like an apple.
Hence the name of Mario Draghi dates back, that of Pier Ferdinando Casini resists and the Mattarella bis party is greatly strengthened.
It is impossible not to notice how the vetoes within the center-right still block the mechanism.
Vittorio Sgarbi explains it very well: "there is a veto on Draghi by Forza Italia, a veto on Casini by Fratelli d'Italia and a veto on Mattarella by Salvini", clarifies the art critic.
The scheme now seems to be outlined and it is unlikely that the leader of the League will be able to launch yet another area name after having clarified that even within the center-right there is no shortage of snipers.
Probably now he will have to decide whether Mario Draghi or Pier Ferdinando Casini is more digestible for his side.
The Mattarella bis option, perhaps the clearest, remains complex.
We would have to convince him and a procession to the Quirinale would be needed.