Renzi should stay if loses ref-Bersani

(ANSA) - Rome, July 29 - Former Democratic Party (PD) chief Pier Luigi Bersani said Friday that Premier Matteo Renzi should stay on at the helm of government even if he loses the autumn referendum on his government's overhaul of Italy's political machinery. Renzi, the current head of the centre-left PD, has said he will quit if the package is rejected. "If the no vote won, nothing would happen. It would be right for Renzi to stay in his place," said Bersani, a member of minority within the PD that is frequently critical of government policy and Renzi's style of leading of the party.