Quirinale, Draghi or Mattarella? But the favorite is the outsider, whose name has not yet been mentioned

Then there is Sergio Mattarella . The person concerned quoted Giovanni Leone ("He too asked for the President of the Republic not to be re-elected") to dismiss the hypothesis of his encore. The Constitution does not prohibit it, the only precedent at the moment is that of Giorgio Napolitano, who resigned a year after the start of his second term. What if in the end the current Head of State succumbed to the pressure of the parties? A name that still cannot be completely excluded, for two reasons. Everyone likes Mattarella, from right to left. And, above all, an encore of his could leave Draghi at Palazzo Chigi until the end of the legislature and at the same time pave the way for him to the Quirinale in the not too distant future. In fact, it is very likely that Mattarella, if re-elected, would resign after a year as did Giorgio Napolitano. Then there was the economic crisis and the spread to justify a second mandate, today there is the pandemic and the management of PNRR funds.

Silvio Berlusconi : the center-right made his name well in advance, and that's not a good sign. He hopes but doesn't seem to believe it too much. On the other hand, the name is divisive, certainly does not convince the center-left and the 5 Star Movement. However, in the event of a lack of agreement between the parties, the center-right with the help of Italia Viva could find the numbers to elect him to a great surprise. This was what many exponents of the center-left were referring to when, regarding the vote on the Zan bill, they spoke of "dress rehearsals" for the election of the President of the Republic.

Pierferdinando Casini : young, transversal, he can play his cards and has been working for this for years. A life in the center-right coalition, in 2018 he was elected to Parliament with Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party.

Giuliano Amato : good for all seasons, the Amato hypothesis always comes up every time there is a vacant institutional office to fill, so much so that there is even a satirical Facebook page called “the Amato hypothesis”. How many times has his name been mentioned for a possible government of broad agreements? Age (83 and a half years) does not play in his favor.

"I don't even think about it", said Romano Prodi , shot down by his own Pd and by the famous betrayal of the 101 on the occasion of the last election of the President of the Republic. he would also collect the votes of the 5 Star Movement. But if he did not make it seven years ago it is even more difficult for him to succeed today. "The ideal candidate is not the one with the most votes, but the one with the fewest vetoes", he said. said about the upcoming election.

Another name that circulates, not with much insistence (and this works in its favor) is that of Gianni Letta . Silvio Berlusconi's great weaver could take the votes of the centrists. And never forget that the secretary of the Democratic Party is his nephew.

Then there is the "woman option", which has nothing to do with the pension scheme. There were several appeals for the first woman to climb the Colle.

The one who has more possibilities is the much appreciated Marta Cartabia . Young (58 years old), transversal and with an important institutional profile, she was president of the Constitutional Court. Today he is Minister of Justice of the Draghi government, justice of which he has a totally different vision from that of Bonafede and the 5 Star Movement.

It is difficult for Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati to inspire it. Hers is among the female names that circulate, and it could not be otherwise given that it is the second position of the state. But it is far from transversal: due to its overly "Berlusconian" past it is not loved on the left.

Finally, Liliana Segre who, as a great lady, declined an appeal in her favor, saying she was not available: “I'm 91 years old and I don't have the skills”, cut short.

But as often happens, the one with the most chances is the outsider . The candidate whose name has not yet been given. The surprise card that appears suddenly, played from the fourth ballot onwards. So it was with Mattarella, pulled out like a wild card by Matteo Renzi while he now seemed light years away from the political life of the country. In the first three ballots he obtained 4 or 5 votes, in the fourth he obtained 665. The election of Oscar Luigi Scalfaro in 1992 was also similar.