Vita Gazette: When the political parties could not agree on a common candidate, a storm of blank votes blew up in the 3rd Round of the Presidential Elections. A simple majority will be sought after the 4th round. In the third round, President Sergio Mattarella came first with 125 votes. He was the one with the most votes. Pier Ferdinando Casini, one of the prominent candidates, received 52 votes. Giuseppe Conte, the leader of the five-star movement, said, “From tomorrow, 505 votes will be enough to elect the thirteenth president of the Republic”, while Ignazio La Russa from the Brothers of Italy Party said: “We aim for a unique name for the centre-right tomorrow.” Democratic Party leader Enrico Letta said: “We will vote on Friday. Not a right-wing president.”

The winds of disagreement between political parties turn into a storm of blank votes in the voting. The fact that the centre-right and centre-left alliance parties do not have the majority to elect the president necessitates the determination of a common name. However, the negotiations so far have yielded no results. The three names proposed by the centre-right alliance yesterday were criticized for their style and were not accepted. Matteo Salvini stated that in the last 30 years, the names from the centre-left or the candidates nominated by the centre-left have been elected President and that this time the names they proposed should be chosen. The Democratic Party Enrico Letta and the majority of politicians criticized this attitude, stating that the person to be elected President should be chosen by common consensus, expressing that this behaviour means bombing the agreement from the beginning. In addition to the three names it has previously proposed, the centre-right alliance has also brought forward the candidacy of Senate President Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, whose name has been voiced backstage from the beginning. However, this proposal was also rejected for the same reasons.

The night will not end!

After the new black smoke at the end of the third ballot for the election of the head of state, this time the night negotiations started. Gül’s election tours started with meeting announcements such as the Pd voters meeting and the centre-right summit. Salvini announced to his followers: “Tonight, we will meet”. From tomorrow, 505 votes will be enough to elect the thirteenth president of the Republic,” said Giuseppe Conte.