Giancarlo Giorgetti is now in the wake of the pro Mario Draghi al Colle party which has been growing dramatically in recent days. The Northern League Minister of Economic Development actually evokes the hypothesis as plan B, preferring that Sergio Mattarella to extend his role until the end of the legislature, in 2023. «The solution would have been to confirm Mattarella for another year. If that’s not possible, that’s fine Draghi, who could lead the convoy from outside as well. It would be a de facto semi-presidentialism »he said in anticipation of the latest book by Bruno Vespa.
Only Fdi for early voting
In short, the farewell to early voting now seems almost cleared. Only Giorgia Meloni’s party remained to invoke him, who indicated him as the “road to life” and a condition for the yes to Draghi as President of the Republic. At the antipodes, Giuseppe Conte. For the M5s, no foreclosure to the former governor of Bank of Italy but “whatever the solution, I do not see the conditions to go and vote a moment later”, ruled the leader.
De facto semi-presidentialism hypothesis
Meanwhile, the proposal of the number two of the Carroccio disrupts the debate, fueling the “saga” on the Quirinale, already open despite three months to February 3, when Mattarella’s mandate ends. After all, the dispute is already complex, between more or less explicit self-nominations, poisons and conditions such as early voting. On this the Minister of Economic Development says “no” suggesting a trick: “The President of the Republic expands his functions, taking advantage of a weak policy”. More or less like President Napolitano did in his time? “He did it in front of a bewildered political world. Draghi would look after the economy ”, he clarifies sharply.
Franco on pole for Chigi
But the scenario proposed by Giorgetti is difficult to achieve, there is no room in the current Constitution for a real semi-presidentialism. Faced with a possible candidacy of Draghi to the Quirinale, the executive could go ahead by entrusting, for example, the interim to the current Minister of Economy, Franco or to the ‘dean’ among the ministers, that is Renato Brunetta. Another way to show, especially to Europe, that Italy has a certain institutional continuity, just when it is time to manage the Recovery funds and the related reforms.