ROME (AP) — Italian lawmakers elected Sergio Mattarella, a Constitutional Court justice widely considered to be above the political fray, as the nation's new president on the third day of voting Saturday. [...] Mattarella's victory is also a win for Renzi in his bid to close fractious ranks, including former Communists, in the governing coalition's main party. Mattarella raised largely ignored conflict-of-interest concerns when media mogul Silvio Berlusconi jumped into politics two decades ago, and a few years earlier resigned as education minister in one of Giulio Andreotti's government because of legislation that helped Berlusconi transform several local TV channels into a business empire including Italy's three main private TV networks.
Italy's Lawmakers Elect Sergio Mattarella As President
By FRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: World
Sat, 01/31/2015 - 6:12am
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