Wouldn't change president's role after reforms says Salvini

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 28 - Deputy Premier, Transport Minister and rightwing League party leader Matteo Salvini said Sunday he would not change the role of the Italian president as arbiter of Italian political life in mooted Constitutional reforms, but would bring in an elected premier to assure solid governments and fresh elections when premiers fall, ending Italy's recent tendency to have unelected premiers and governments cobbled together in parliament.
    "I would not touch the role of the President of the Republic and I would give citizens the possibility to directly indicate a majority and who will lead it, foreseeing that there cannot be reversals within the same legislature" said Salvini, who is also Minister of Infrastructure, during a meeting at the Festival of Economics in Trento organised by the 24 Ore business news group and Trentino Marketing on behalf of the Autonomous Province, responding to a question on reforms being put forward by Premier Giorgia Meloni.
    Meloni has said she wants to give the Italian people the right to directly elect either their premiers or their presidents, and has said she is leaning towards the former option. (ANSA).