China News Service, January 27. According to Euronet, citing EUN News Agency, on the 26th local time, Italian Prime Minister Conte went to the Presidential Palace to meet with President Mattarella and handed in his resignation.

Conte tried to reorganize the government in order to seek more party support and an absolute majority in Parliament.

  According to reports, on the afternoon of the 26th local time, the spokesperson of the Italian Presidential Palace stated at the press conference that Conte had submitted his cabinet's resignation.

President Mattarella will reserve the right to make decisions and ask the Conte government to stay in office temporarily to handle various daily state affairs.

On August 20, 2019 local time, Italian Prime Minister Conte delivered a speech in the Congress, announcing that he would resign as Prime Minister.

  That night, Conte issued a statement on social media platforms, calling on the heads of the Senate and House of Representatives and political parties to care about the fate of the Italian Republic and jointly form a new government.

  Conte said that Italy is going through a very difficult period, and its economic and social conditions are facing difficulties. It needs a more stable government with a parliamentary majority and broad support.

His decision to resign was precisely for the possibility of establishing a new coalition government.

  On January 13, the Vigor Party, led by former Italian Prime Minister Renzi, withdrew from the Conte government because it did not agree with Conte’s ruling policy, causing the Italian political situation to face uncertainty.

Although the Conte government won a vote of confidence in the Senate with 156 votes in favor, 140 votes against, and 16 abstentions on the 19th, he still lacks an absolute majority in the Senate, and difficulties may arise in implementing the decree.

  Therefore, with the support of the Five-Star Movement Party, the Democratic Party, and the Freedom and Equality Party, Conte tried again to form a cabinet, seeking the support of an absolute majority in Parliament.

  A source at the Presidential Palace stated that on the afternoon of the 27th, Mattarella will convene political consultations with the Speakers of the House and Senate and leaders of various parties to determine which party can get the support of an absolute majority. Yu was again appointed to reorganize the cabinet.

If the final mediation fails, the president will appoint a provisional technical government, but this will force an early election.

  Given that President Mattarella is about to enter the final year of his term.

According to Article 88 of the Italian Constitution, the president shall not dissolve the parliament during the last 6 months of his term, nor shall he call for new elections.

Mattarella will try to avoid a general election before the summer of 2021, and instead wait until the end of the presidential election.

(Boyuan)