CONSIDER THESE considers: Italian elections impass
In bicameral Italy, where there is no way to govern when
the constitution of the two Chambers provide a different majority, scenarios have been considered even before the
electoral process began, yet the results have surprised many –except for those
who were listening to the unofficial voice circulating for some time: it could
be that the polls were way wrong because many people eventually did not want to say it out loud
that they would be voting for Berlusconi, mainly because of the scandals, yet,
they might see him as an alternative to instability – figures will show
whether the high percentage of the really undecided boosted Grillo. Stability is
not happening and the immediate scenarios are logically either a return to the
polls or an attempt a form of “governissimo” that would include Bersani,
Berlusconi and Grillo ( or his representative since he can’t participate in
person due to a previous legal problem – he won’t anyway as he already said). Reactions of the party and
coalition leaders show that none of them seems to like any of these scenarios:
elections again would paralyze the country starting now, a “governissmo” would
lead to the same a little later due to lack of capacity to make policy
decisions and the fact that the constitutional powers of the president of the
republic just leave enough room for
consultation as an effort for the
resolution of crises.
So, in search of a third scenario in Italy
already while the Vatican
No wonder Aetna has started smoking again.
-Elena Spilioti
-Elena Spilioti
