Lawmakers for the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) said Friday that it may
hold a snap Internet poll of supporters to decide what to do in
Saturday's fourth round of voting to elect a new president.
The fourth round, when the majority needed drops to a
simple majority of the 1,009 'grand electors', is expected to be
crucial for Sergio Mattarella, a Constitutional Court justice
and former minister who is the candidate of Premier Matteo
Renzi's centre-left Democratic Party (PD).
In the first three rounds of presidential ballots, the M5S
voted for magistrate Ferdinando Imposimato after he came top in
an online poll of supporters.
Lawmakers and regional representatives for Renzi's PD cast
blank papers in the first three rounds, when a two-thirds
majority was needed to elect a new head of State.
The M5S grand electors are set to meet at 21:00 to
consider their next move.
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