President Sergio Mattarella on
Monday handed Lower House Speaker Roberto Fico an exploratory
mandate to explore the possibility of a government-formation
deal between his anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) and
the centre-left democratic Party (PD).
Mattarella gave Fico until Thursday to report back on the
possibility of an M5S-PD government.
"The president of the Republic conferred on House Speaker
Roberto Fico the task of verifying an agreement for a
parliamentary majority between the 5-Star Movement and the PD to
constitute a government," said presidency Secretary-General Ugo
Zampetti after talks between Mattarella and Fico.
Fico said would "start work straight away" on his mandate.
"In my view the fundamental point is to start from the issues
that interest the country and the programme for the country's
interest", he saisd.
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