Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi Resigns

[DaveSavesTheDay]

On Thursday 24 January 2008 Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi lost a vote of confidence in the Senate, causing the downfall of his own government. The vote, held between 3pm and 9pm (CET), was lost with 161 to 156 votes. The debate was heated, and during its course the UDEUR party Senator Stefano Cusumano, after having broken ranks, fainted. The UDEUR, a part of Prodi's Olive Tree coalition, had pulled their support for the Prime Minister after an alleged corruption scandal involving former Justice Minister, and UDEUR leader, Clemente Mastella. Cusumano vowed to vote in favour of Prodi, and was subjected to the abuse of his colleagues.

Prodi had already won a similar vote in the lower house of the Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies. Yet a win in the upper house – or Senate – seemed unlikely, and President Giorgio Napolitano allegedly warned against going through with the vote. The next step, left to Napolitano, will be either to appoint a caretaker government, or to call a quick election. Such an election would expectedly be won by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his centre-right party Forza Italia.

Prodi had been in office for 20 months, after winning the elections of April 2006. In February 2007, the Prime Minister handed in his resignation, only to be asked to remain by the President, and winning a vote of confidence in the Parliament.


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[VomitStainedCretin]

20 months in power for an Italian PM is pretty normal.

[McP3000]

Italian government

:lol:

[VomitStainedCretin]

Italian government

:lol:Exactly; it's a pretty bad advert for PR and coalition based democracy but Italy seems to run mighty efficiently inspite this complete political instability.

[McP3000]

Exactly; it's a pretty bad advert for PR and coalition based democracy but Italy seems to run mighty efficiently inspite this complete political instability.
Are you trying to sound like a pseudo-intellectual or are you pretentious?

[Independent_CA]

So what exactly does this mean for the world supply of pasta and it's related sauces?

[Give me Beer]

He doesn't really have a clue as to what he's talking about. Berlusconi's reforms f'cked up the voting system, and suprisingly he's ahead in the polls. Seriously, do these people no recognise a complete twat when they see him? Berlusconi, hands down the worst person to lead Italy.

[VomitStainedCretin]

Are you trying to sound like a pseudo-intellectual or are you pretentious?Both; though actually all I stated was that Italian governments usually don't last particularly long and are unstable, which would seemingly suggest democracy there isn't particularly good at maintaining stability, yet even so Italy is a non-volatile and prosperous (at least in the north) nation. I thought I made that clear enough. Not that Italy's a good advert for democracy considering its extreme corruption, though at least they seem more open about it then elsewhere in western Europe.

[epic_fail]

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[guitrguy]

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