Deputy general secretary of the far-right League, lorenzo fontone of his leader’s most trusted men, Matteo Salvinielected to the presidency Italian House of Representativesin a vote that once again accepted the formations of the right-wing coalition that won the elections.
Fontana, 42, the former Minister of Family and European Affairs, passed an absolute majority of 201 votes in the Lower House this Friday.
Considered one of the biggest advocates of the party’s hard wing for its stance against the LGTBI collective and against abortion, and opposing sanctions against Russia, several lawmakers today placed a banner at the head of the vote as a form of protest. He said “no to a homophobic pro-Putin president” and immediately backed off.
Fontana got the votes of the Union, but also of his allies on the right: siblings Italy, it is led by future prime minister Giorgia Meloni and Silvio Berlsuconi’s Forza Italia.
Berlusconi’s senators did not vote in the election for Senate president, who launched the new legislature yesterday and elected Meloni’s right-hand man, Ignazio La Russa.
But as he predicted before voting today and as Berlusconi’s right-hand man and one of the names most similar to the next foreign minister, Antonio TajaniFI lawmakers voted along with the rest of the coalition.
Cause of Berlusconi’s illness I veto Licia Ronzulli Meloni, who won 26% of the votes in the elections and will predictably be responsible for forming the government, as a minister and distribution of ministries as well as the distribution of ministries of the new Executive Board. new Admin.
Italian media assure that Forza Italia could even present itself without allies to the consultations to be opened by the President, before Meloni’s rudeness to Berlusconi’s loyal collaborator Ronzulli. Sergio Mattarella, before commissioning the formation of the government.
Meloni will become the future head of government after receiving an estimated 26% of the vote, and plans to appoint the same number of ministries to the Liga at 8.9% and Forza Italia, which remains at 8.6%.
Fontana’s election has arrived on the fourth ballotAfter the top three were held this Thursday, where an absolute majority of only the right-wing alliance was required, and as expected, none of the names reached two-thirds of the semicircle’s votes.
Italy’s 19th legislature kicked off with the first session this Thursday of the two chambers, whose seats fell to 400 deputies and 200 senators, and the first step was the election of presidents.