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Mr Berlusconi business tycoon controls media, advertising, insurance, food and construction and includes famous football club AC Milan.He is also leading a new party into the polls - the conservative People of Freedom (PDL). Italy country of 58 million peoples having more than 40 million voters will cast their vote on Sunday and Monday casting 158 parties in the fray and in turn to elect next prime Minister and their elected representative for both houses.
Two main contenders for the post premier are centre-right former PM Silvio Berlusconi and centre-left former mayor of Rome, Walter
Veltroni. Both have assured their voters a moderate tax cut in zero effect economy and also ensured cut in government jobs.
Mr Veltroni is a former communist who served for seven years as mayor of Rome, before taking over the leadership of the coalition led by Romano Prodi, after his government collapsed in January. He leads the recently formed grouping, the Democratic Party (PD).
President Giorgio Napolitano, did made an effort to form an interim government to bring electrol reforms and the Senate speaker Franco Marini to find cross-party support for an interim government to legislate a change in elections so they produce a more decisive outcome has failed to produce any results as reports trickle down 5 Feb 2008.
During years 1991 and 1993, resulting from two referendums and legislation, Italian electoral law was altered substantially. Electoral law in Italy is determined by Parliament, not the constitution. Hence taken with the concurrent collapse of the Italian party system.
Failure to reach to any understand for the electrol reforms has paved the way president to order for the dissolution of parliament 5 Feb 2008 and a poll on the existing law on before mid April.The Process of meeting and parlour has ended with peoples mandate awaits for next government in Italy
Berlusconi government gave powers to smaller groups in his second terms now looks for third term .His advocating in public rallies for snap polls and with polls tip the media tycoon most likely to form his third government.
Centre -Left coalition of Prodi ruling alliance has run Italian government for the period of twenty months has been defeated on the floor of the house and Prime Minister has resigned.
The decision of snap polls or to invite the opposition Leaders to form a coalition rest with President Giorgio Napolitano.
Centre-left former mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni,Forza Italia leader and most likely center right candidate for premier,the media tycoon and three-time Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi could find himself back in power as soon as two days voting end.