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Originally Posted by Breha
There is still the quorum problem. ... maybe we will see him gone by tomorrow night, I hope.
but no elections will be permitted by comrade Napolitano, the commie "President" of our stellar banana republic.
He will concoct an unelected interim "technical" government that will do what the most powerful economic power circles exactly want.
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Ah, sweet words in my ears. Someone opposed to the Prodi government! It's been so long since I've heard such voices here on the net....
Anyways, it looks like Dini withdrew his support too, which is two senators less for Prodi. But I still don't trust him, he could turn back and support Prodi. He probably figured that Prodi would have resigned tonight, which is why he announced it. The clown.
Anyway, a technocrat government requires a lot of support. Although I'm certain that's what Napolitano would prefer, if Prodi goes ahead with the vote-of-confidence tomorrow and fails, he will not get the support needed. Casini already stated (I don't trust him either, but...) that he would support the idea only if Prodi did not go ahead with the confidence vote, otherwise there could only be new elections. And without Forza Italia's backing of a technocrat government, I'm not sure if Casini would lend a hand.
On the other hand, Napolitano could try to cobble one out of the same Unione coalition, though I hope he is not that stupid.
The only solution in my book would be to let there be elections, and no matter the result, then there can be dialogue on a new electoral law, for as it is now, there can be no reform whatsoever.