(see related) Pippo Civati, a
rebel member of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) who is
hostile to Premier Matteo Renzi's leadership of the group, said
Friday that a candidate should be proposed to counter a runner
who many expect to emerge from an agreement between Renzi and
Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi.
"I'm hoping for an NN, non Nazareno, candidate," Civati
said referring to the so-called Nazareno pact Renzi and
three-time premier Berlusconi struck last year.
"That candidate may be able to get the necessary votes,
without being the candidate of this or that group. All those
against (the Renzi-Berlusconi pact) should propose a president
who is not the product of the Nazareno (deal)".
The Nazareno pact regards a new election law and an
overhaul of Italy's slow, costly political apparatus.
But many politicians hostile to it, including Civati and
other members of the PD, believe a similar deal is in the
pipeline over the next head of State.
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