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NEWS FROM ITALY
At age 80, Sergio Mattarella
re-elected as Italy’s president
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Italian head of state Sergio Mattarella was re-elected for a second term on Jan. 29, with party chiefs asking him to carry on after a week of back-and-forth wrangling by Italian parliamentarians.
Members of parliament thanked 80-year- old Mattarella for agreeing to remain, but the failed attempts to replace him during seven rounds of balloting have left deep scars, with potentially dangerous repercussions for political stability.
At the eighth round among more than 1,000 lawmakers and regional delegates in the Chamber of Deputies, loud and prolonged applause broke out when Mattarella passed the 505 votes needed for election.
Mattarella had ruled out remaining in office, but with the country’s political stability at risk, he changed his mind in the face of appeals from parliamentary leaders who met him at Palazzo Chigi.
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In Italy’s political system, the president is a powerful figure who gets to appoint prime ministers and is often called on to resolve political crises. Governments in the euro zone’s third-largest economy survive around a year on average.
The leader of the center-left Democratic Party (PD) Enrico Letta, who had championed Mattarella’s re-election, spoke to reporters to express his “enormous thanks ... for his generous choice towards the country.”
According to sources, Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi earlier called Mattarella and urged him to stay on. IAH
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The Delaware County Press Club held
a Chinese New Year’s luncheon at Margaret Kuo’s newest restaurant at Granite Run Promenade in Media, Pa., with guest Sue Serio, Fox TV 29 Good Day Philadelphia weather anchor for over 20 years. James May, Philadelphia Mummers costume legend with family roots in Calabria, presented Serio, whose ancestral roots stretch to Sicily, with an Italian Pride hat. May, founder of James May Costumes in Ridley Township over 50 years, designed and created the Eagles Championship Hat famously worn
by Jason Kelce. ThePressClubPA.org, serving the Philadelphia suburbs, welcomes new members and events are open to the public.
UNICO Rehoboth Chapter plans March happenings
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REHOBOTH BEACH – The UNICO Rehoboth Chapter plans the following March events. All will be held in the St. Edmond Parish Hall on King Charles Avenue.
• La Festa di San Giuseppe. Blessing and distribution of St. Joseph’s Bread to par-
ticipants and food shelters. 9 a.m. March 19. • Zeppole and Italian Baked Goods Sale. Benefits the St. Vincent de Paul Society
and local residents in need. After
morning Masses March 20.
• Lecture by author Jo-Ann Vega. Topic is
former New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. 6 p.m. March 24. IAH
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