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Italy’s fragile coalition appeared to have been shattered after Prime Minister Mario Draghi offered to resign on Thursday. The Associated Press came after a refusal by one of his coalition members that his proposal would not support a bill that would help ease the financial burden on consumers and industry suffering from rising energy prices. I reported that.
Hours after his offer to resign Italian President Sergio Mattarella, he declined the offer and asked Draghi to collect enough votes to return to parliament and remain prime minister.
With President Sergio Mattarella’s refusal to resign, Draghi’s next big survival test will have the opportunity to make a final proposal to lawmakers next week before a vote of no confidence.
Draghi, who has been in power since February 2021, made an announcement earlier this week after a few survivors of a vote of no confidence.
The Five Star Movement, the People’s Party, which had widespread success before gaining support from voters with policy shifts, refused to vote. Draghi has repeatedly said he will resign if he loses the support of Five Stars.
“Tonight, I offer to resign from the President of the Republic,” Draghi told the Cabinet. “There is no longer a national unification coalition that supports this government.”
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Five Star’s refusal to vote was frowned upon, and some members of the party argued that it was not a reflection on the government, but a matter of internal politics and disagreement.
“We are not participating in the bill’s vote today … but our position is not about trust in the government,” Senate five-star leader Mariolina Castellone said before the vote. ..
Draghi took the lack of support as a confession of death to his cabinet, despite maintaining a majority without Five Stars.
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Italy is just the latest country to experience the fundamental challenge of presenting orderly politics.
President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country early on Wednesday. Thousands of protesters attacked his home in a serious economic crisis in the country a few days later.
Prime Ministers Rajapaksa and Ranil Wickremesinghe both agreed to resign, and the president’s resignation came into effect on Wednesday. Wickremesinghe said he would resign when the new government was inaugurated, but demonstrators are demanding that he resign immediately.
In Japan, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated last week after being shot from behind by a crazy shooter who was upset during Shinzo Abe’s tenure.
Since 2011, Italy has had six prime ministers, including Giuseppe Conte, who served two different terms from 2018 to 2021.
Associated Press Contributed to this report.