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Italy Will Not Have A President Following PDL Boycott Of Fourth Round Vote
There had been some hope that the political vacuum in Italy would normalize after the fourth balloting round of presidential voting, in which the candidate agreed upon by both Bersani and Berlusconi, former trade union leader Franco Marini, would be elected with a simple majority, following a failure to elect one in the first three rounds. Marini had been in the lead with 521 votes but short of the two-third majority needed, or 672, to win the vote. Those hopes have now been dashed following news, coming from a tweet by the PDL's Maurizio Gasparri, that Berlusconi's PDL and its ally Northern League will not take part in the vote. This means that Marini will no longer have even the 504 votes needed to get elected with a simple majority and that the entire spectacle was nothing but empty theater. And so the ongoing total political chaos and vacuum in Italy remains.
@ilpdl non partecipa alla quarta votazione per il presidente della repubblica, Bersanicon Prodi spacca l'Italia e viola la parola data
— Maurizio Gasparri (@gasparripdl) April 19, 2013
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Banzai: Yeah, Be prepared. Yeah-heh... we'll be prepared, heh. ...For what? Scar: For the death of the king. Banzai: Why? Is he sick?
{Sr grabs Banzai by the throat}
Scar: No, fool - we're going to kill him. Simba too.{Dropping Banzai back onto the floor}
Shenzi: Great idea! Who needs a king? Shenzi (and then Banzai): {Sing-song voices, dancing around Banzai} No king! No king! la-la-la-la-laa-laa! Scar: Idiots! There will be a king! Banzai: Hey, but you said, uh... Scar: I will be king!I heard that Bozo was available.
I feel a come-back is afoot....and it involves PIIGS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilona_Staller
http://www.ciudadcapital.com.mx/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Cicciolina.jpg
(I really hope someone gets my joke and I don't have to spell it out)
nesuno guidare la autobus. non bene.
who is boycotting this time around is PD not PDL.. they are very very confused and trying to elect someone who covers MPS scandal!!!
Just elect the comedian and make it official.
Banana republica
Fonz!!!! Only 450 more points to go!!!!!!!
It looks like Kevin is on scene.
The Italian 10 year is up slightly. lol.
Not that I really care about "representative democracy", which is a just cruel joke on humanity as far as I'm concerned, but I am the curious type: What was the purpose of the "empty theatre"?
it's a bad system, yes. And Yet All The Other Are Worse, at least So Far
but again, the election of the P of Italy has always been... labourious
perhaps they should ask... Andreotti? ;-)
Well, I suppose I would need more info and become more informed about what's has happened and what's cureently going on in order to understand, but I thank you for your reply.
keep your pasta close and your sauce closer...
y don't have either :D i can tell!
Maybe this is all part of the new Template too. After all, who needs presidents, budgets, or any significant government for that matter once the Banksters are running everything?
Italy and AmeriKa have a lot in common. But Italians do it better. And dont drone children in far away lands.
Russian nationals stopped at Niagra falls. The bomb squad is on the scene.
http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/211292/37/Source-Police-Investigating-C...
Italy functions better without a government. Bullish
I don't see how you can draw that conclusion since they've actually never had a real one. Neither has the U. S. for that matter. See the correlation?
Okay. So, I would have a very strong tendency to believe that the onus is now on you to define what a real Government is. Good luck! :-D
A real government is the one where the individual governs him or herself. This is the only government in existence. One may choose to allow others to tell them what to do, but ultimately the decision and consequences are on the individual decision maker.
I like it! Well done sir.
Are you aware that you're talking of (real) Anarchy?
+1 to the point that talking about "government" would be... pointless
I'd definitely agree with that.
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Most countries do. Or at least would.
Right you are and be assured, that the Guado al Tasso's and Solaia's are ready to be drunken with a 4 course dinner in Rome, they have had a hard working day.
I can't believe that the BTP future is somewhere around 113 and the BTP 10-year note is up slightly. Oh well just like there's no difference between farce (English) and farsa (Italian).
Btw, that tweet translates this way: "the PDL party will not take part in the fourth round of voting for the President's election. Bersani with (his support for) Prodi fractures Italy and violates his own promise".
Which begs the question: exactly what did Bersani promise by giving his own word to Silvio B?
In any case, please just give us a bit more time to buy the dip in the gorgeous yellow metal.....everything else becomes secondary to that huge opportunity.
So this is what it looks like, if the template can't be implemented unopposed. Serves these assclowns right. What did they think anyways? "Let us give the job to one of our oldest cronies, the people surely won't realize." Yeah, shirley! How pleasant that this shitshow exploded them right into their greedy faces. These fuckers!
What does it matter? They exist to serve the Troika. Get used to it...
I'm not getting this meme for a strong government.
"Strong" governments are good at shipping the hard-earned wealth of their citizens off to squander on some airy-fairy cause of the day. Italians need to slip off into some alt-currency, without the "leave the Euro" headlines, and continue down their inefficient and squabbling way for another 1000 years.
Liberals and socialists like strong government. The rest of us simply want to be left alone.
PDL is walking away because Bersani under pressure from within his party (PD) has decided to drop Marini and candidate instead Prodi whom Berlusconi cannot vote. (In two previous general elections Prodi defeated Berlusconi). Bersani has unilaterally broken his recent agreement with Berlusconi on Marini's candidacy.
Guess what/who materializes in a leadership vacuum......
Italy has often been ahead of other european countries regarding political developments. Most prominent examples being the fascists. They did not emerge in germany, and Hitler was not the master. Do you know, what the name means? It derives from italian language. Benito Mussolini was the grandmaster, soon to be followed by Hitler. Just an example of Italy being ahead, as I said. See any parallels?
Yup.
Do the Freemasons figure in any of this?
Just askin.....
Hint: Have a look at Britain ...
Belgium didn't have a government for a good while there.
It's not a smoking ruin, at least that I've heard of.
Make Drahgi the President. The wizard from behind the curtain. :)
PLEASE CORRECT THE TITLE: is nonsense and very naive..
who is boycotting this time around is PD not PDL.. they are very very confused and trying to elect someone who covers MPS scandal!!!
Dario, I'm sorry but our esteemed friends don't understand well our political systems, you should have noticed that by now. Remember, it's about markets: strong government: bullish - weak government: bearish
y are right, thanks :)
Bersani will have a hard time to politically survive this evening.
Good. The faster Italy goes down, the faster this whole EU bitch ends up dead in the ditch.