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Moretti at Quattroregni Palace: Congress dissolved and elections set for October 22 and 23

PSD ahead in the polls but PNL and moderates grow and there is uncertainty on the progressive front, while the military vote could once again prove decisive

Emperor Alessandro V announcing the dissolution of the Congress

June 5648

ROMULA – It’s official: the Emperor, at the request of the Minister Secretary of State Gian Maria Moretti, decreed this morning the dissolution of the Congress for August 10. The new elections, however, will be held on Sunday 22 and Monday 23 October. With this act, the political cycle led by Moretti formally closes, whose mandate, having reached its natural epilogue, therefore ends today.

Accompanied by a sober delegation, Moretti went early in the Morning two days ago to Palazzo Quattroregni where he met the Emperor to officially resign and request the dissolution of the parliament. As is customary, His Majesty accepted the resignation with reservations, asking Moretti to continue to lead the government until the formation of the next one. The Emperor thanked Moretti and acknowledged his merit in having led the country in a crucial phase for national politics with the utmost respect and bearing expected of him and his technical executive. Then the Emperor summoned the President of the Congress Alvaro Minghetti (PSD) with whom the dates for the dissolution and new elections were essentially outlined.

With the signing of the imperial decree, the electoral campaign officially opens, although for at least two months the political climate in the country had already been one of full rush to vote. All the main forces have long since begun to position themselves and measure moods and consensus, aware of the imminent end of the legislature and the progressive disengagement of the Democratic Socialist Party towards the Moretti government.

According to the most recent exit pools, the PSD remains in the lead with about 4 percentage points of advantage over the National Democratic Party, which remains stable in solid positions. The picture for the other parties of the progressive front is more uncertain: the New Communist Party and the Green Movement, driven in recent months by a strong youth mobilization, are now seeing a slowdown in their momentum. While the PNC is still showing signs of growth, the MdV seems to have entered a phase of consolidation, but without clear gains.

In the background, the Hosian Democratic Union, after a difficult two-year period, is slowly rising in the polls again, even if forecasts still see it behind the PNC. The Alliance of Autonomists, on the other hand, is struggling, a victim of the increasingly deep internal rift between the Alarian component, now the majority and increasingly radicalized, it is rumored in response to the lack of responses from the Moretti Government, the moderates and the Majatran component, the latter feeling marginalized by the Alarian demands. Internal struggles and internal instability have had a negative impact especially in Alaria, where fears of separatist tendencies are growing.

This is precisely the issue on which one of the gambles of the PNL is being played, whose leader Valeriano Giunio has embraced a moderately regionalist line, based on the principle of subsidiarity and a unitary vision of the national State. A position that aims to reclaim the theme of autonomy without slipping into extremism: the State and its Regions as specular elements of a common historical identity. This proposal seems to attract consensus especially among moderate voters, former autonomist sympathizers now disappointed by the growing extremism of the AdA.

Among the smaller forces, finally, there are setbacks for the Citizens' Movement, while Democracy & Freedom and the Liberal Republican Party remain stable.

Great attention is focused, as always, on the vote of the military, which could once again prove decisive. In the last elections, it was precisely the result in the seats reserved for the armed forces that determined the end of the long cycle of the left led by Annalisa Saragat. Today, exit pools are not allowed in the military ranks, but the voices coming from the corridors of Defense speak clearly: the further shift to the left of the PSD and the radicalization of its political platform seem to have alienated large segments of the uniformed personnel, creating a potentially problematic situation for the progressive coalition, while others fear a new parliament without a majority.

With his farewell, Gian Maria Moretti leaves a mark on the recent political history of Istalia. Able to give pragmatic and shared answers to the country and to maintain a high diplomatic profile abroad, as demonstrated by the recent visit to Mordusia, Moretti closes his mandate amid praise for the respect of his role as a technician and criticism for a government considered by some to be too dependent on the internal dynamics of the PNL and the PSD.

Now the word goes back to the Istalians: on October 22 and 23 the country will be called to choose whether to give continuity to the recent past or to open a new chapter in its political history.