Florence mayor Matteo Renzi is expected to be offered the chance to become Italian prime minister, as talks begin on forming a new government, the BBC reports.
President Georgio Napolitano is starting consultations following the resignation of Enrico Letta.
He was ousted in a vote called by Mr. Renzi at a meeting of their centre-left Democratic Party. The 39-year-old would be Italy’s youngest prime minister.
Mr. Letta was under increasing pressure over Italy’s poor economic performance.
After accepting the prime minister’s resignation, Mr. Napolitano’s office said talks would begin with political leaders on finding a replacement.
The consultations would be conducted swiftly to find an “efficient solution” and they would conclude on Saturday, the statement added.
Mr. Letta’s position became untenable once the Democratic Party backed a call for a new administration.
Mr. Renzi had argued that a change of government was needed to end “uncertainty.”
A new government should take over until the end of the current parliamentary term in 2018, he said.
He had accused Mr. Letta of a lack of action on improving the economic situation, with unemployment at its highest level in 40 years and the economy shrinking by 9 per cent in seven years.
The Italian prime minister was also accused of failing to implement promised reforms of what is seen as an often corrupt and wasteful bureaucracy.
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I welcome this change whole heartedly, n I hope it wil rapidly improve n stabilise Italian decayin economy. Its biting very hard on us Nigerians over here,so we can get sometin doin.
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