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Italy is ready to elect a new president and aims to promote unity, following political squabbles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Silvio Berlusconi thinks he is suitable for the position.<\/p>\n
The media mogul, billionaire and three-time Prime Minister of Italy, who entered politics almost 30 years ago, is aiming to add to his career even the highest position in this country.<\/p>\n
Berlusconi was convicted of tax fraud and ousted by the Senate. But as for his moral example, the 85-year-old, who had been seen many times on different evenings with younger girls, had declared that “I am not a saint.”<\/p>\n
The current head of state, Sergio Mattarella, whose term expires on February 3, has repeatedly said he does not want to run for president again.<\/p>\n
Berlusconi also managed to be acquitted of charges of allegedly having sex with a minor girl.<\/p>\n
He has been lobbying for several weeks to center-right Italian lawmakers to secure their votes to be elected president on January 24, for a four-year term.<\/p>\n
In Italy, deputies, senators and representatives of 20 regions elect the president of the republic.<\/p>\n
To win, a candidate needs two-thirds of the vote in the first three rounds of voting. In the fourth, a simple majority is sufficient.<\/p>\n
Former Prime Minister Enrico Letta, who heads the Democratic Party, criticized the center-right decision to back Berlusconi, calling it “a profoundly wrong choice”.<\/p>\n
“Every (party) political leader is divisive, but when we think of Silvio Berluckon, in the history of these 25 years, it is difficult to think of a political leader more divisive than him,” Letta said.<\/p>\n
Berlusconi has struggled over the years with heart and other health problems. He was also hospitalized as a result of COVID-19.<\/p>\n
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