Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Why doesn't Israel Learn from Italy??

In Italy after many years of Political Crisis they created 2 Bloc'S Moderate Right Bloc and a Moderate Left Bloc of Political Paries.
From BBC:
Italy's centre-left opposition has won a narrow victory in the lower house of parliament, official results say.
It won 49.8% of the vote against 49.7% for the governing centre-right.

The head of the centre-left coalition, former Prime Minister Romano Prodi, told cheering supporters in Rome: "Victory has arrived."

But the outcome of the Senate vote is still unclear. And Mr Prodi's claim has been contested by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition.

Mr Berlusconi's spokesman Paolo Bonaiuti said his bloc would demand a "scrupulous" check of election ballots.


Today, we have turned a page... We will govern for five years
Romano Prodi

The winning coalition will automatically be awarded 55% of the lower house seats - 340 in total - under a new electoral law.
Mr Berlusconi's coalition currently has a lead of one seat in the Senate, with six seats voted for by expatriates still to be declared.

The centre-left Union says it believes it will win four of those seats, giving it an overall majority.

The lower and upper houses have equal power in Italy's electoral system. One bloc must win both to prevent parliamentary stalemate.

Acrimonious campaign

Mr Prodi told a crowd in central Rome: "Today, we have turned a page... We will govern for five years."


HAVE YOUR SAY
Neither of the two main parties impressed me
Roby, Treviso, Italy


But emotions were also high amongst the ruling centre-right bloc who faced losing power.
"This is intolerable. What is this? A coup? It reminds me of South America. Auto proclamation (of victory) is constitutionally illegitimate," Industry Minister Claudio Scajola said.

Mr Berlusconi, a billionaire businessman and media magnate, has been in office since 2001.

He has led Italy's longest-serving government since World War II, but the economy has proven sluggish for much of his tenure.

Voter turnout was high. More than 83% of the electorate cast a vote.

Ailing economy

Exit polls released straight after the voting ended, suggested that Mr Prodi's coalition had

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