Bersani notifies Italian president of eight-point platform
Napolitano expected to hand center-left leader mandate to govern
06 March, 20:46
(ANSA) - Rome, March 6 - Centre-left leader Pier Luigi
Bersani phoned Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Wednesday
to notify him of his eight-point platform to govern after
Italy's general election failed to a produce a clear winner.Napolitano is expected to hand Bersani a government-formation mandate around March 22, Italian pundits say.
The platform for "a government of change" is made up of eight "essential" points that are broadly in line with the manifesto of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) of ex-comedian Beppe Grillo, who rode a huge protest vote to become the biggest party in the House and hold the balance of power in the Senate.
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