A bill to reintroduce direct elections for the premier. This is what former Prime Minister and Italia Viva party leader Matteo Renzi proposed yesterday during a press conference at the Senate of the Republic. "I sign here, in front of you, the constitutional revision bill that the Meloni government was unable to pass. They've been talking for nine months, the government has a lot of support in the polls, but it's not doing anything it promised during the election campaign," he said in his speech. In Italy, the prime minister is chosen through a complex and articulated process rather than directly elected. In the customary preparatory phase, the President of the Republic consults with the parliamentary delegations of the political parties to identify the potential President of the Council who can form a government with the confidence of a majority of the two Chambers. Following the appointment and subsequent acceptance by the appointee, the latter must obtain a majority of Parliamentary votes. Following that, the decrees appointing the executive's head and the ministers proposed by the appointee are signed and countersigned. The procedure concludes with the President of the Republic issuing three types of decrees: one appointing the Prime Minister, one appointing individual ministers, and one accepting the resignation of the outgoing government.
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