Sergio Mattarella speaks immediately after having received from the hands of the Speaker of the Chamber the letter with the communication of his election. In the morning he had received the group leaders of the majority and the governors who had asked him to continue serving the country, to accept re-election at Colle despite having already rented a house in Rome and started the move. In the courtroom at Montecitorio he received an avalanche of votes, 759.
“I accept out of a sense of responsibility that prevails over personal perspectives”
“I accept it out of a sense of responsibility, which prevails over personal perspectives,” said the head of state immediately after re-election. “The difficult days spent for the election of the presidency of the Republic during the great emergency that we are still going through on the health, economic and social sides call for a sense of responsibility and respect for the decisions of Parliament”.
Ready to interpret the hopes of citizens
“These conditions – continued the head of state – require us not to shirk the duties to which we are called and of course must prevail over other considerations and different personal perspectives, with the commitment to interpret the expectations and hopes of our fellow citizens”.
“I thank parliamentarians and regional delegates”
mattarela thanked «the presidents of the chambers for their communication. I would like to thank the parliamentarians and the delegates of the Regions for the trust expressed in me », said the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella speaking from the Quirinale.
Mattarella the second most voted head of state after Pertini
Mattarella is the second most voted head of state in the history of the Republic. Sandro Pertini was the President of the Republic most voted by Parliament, with 832 consensus, despite the fact that his election was only reached on the sixteenth ballot. From tonight follows in this ranking, Sergio Mattarella, with 759, then Francesco Cossiga, with 752 votes. Then Giorgio Napolitano, on the occasion of his re-election, with 738; Carlo Azeglio Ciampi with 707, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro with 672, Sergio Mattarella at the first election with 665, Giovanni Gronchi with 658, Giuseppe Saragat with 646, Giorgio Napolitano with 543, Luigi Einaudi and Giovani Leone with 518 and Antonio Segni with 443.