6, March 2018
Italian centre-left leader Renzi resigns after election defeat 0
Former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi has announced his resignation as leader of the ruling center-left Democratic Party (PD) after suffering a crushing defeat in the country’s general election.
“I will obviously step down as leader of the Democratic Party,” Renzi told reporters at PD’s headquarters in Rome on Monday, after the party obtained just under 20 percent of the vote and delivered its worst result since its creation in 2007.
The center-left party came in the third place with 115-155 seats, trailing former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s right-wing coalition Forza Italia (Go Italy) with 37 percent of support and the anti-establishment Five Star Movement with 31 percent.
Renzi also noted that his party would refrain from any coalition talks led by the anti-immigrant League Party and the Five Star.
“The Italian people have asked us to be in opposition and that is where we will go,” he said.” We will never form a government with anti-system forces.”
More than 30 million Italian people took to the polls on Sunday to cast their ballots in general election that would determine the makeup of the country’s parliament and its next government amid concerns over immigration and the economy.
Under a new law passed last year, each party needed at least 40 percent of the votes to command an overall majority of the seats in both chambers of parliament.
Exit polls showed that Italy was set for hung parliament as none of the three main parties had enough seats to govern alone.
According to reports, Italian President Sergio Mattarella is not expected to open formal coalition talks until early April.
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6, March 2018
Minister Atanga Nji angers Ambazonians says Biya has greatly favored Anglophone Cameroon, deserves credit 0
Cameroon’s Interior Minister has averred that English-speaking regions cannot claim that President Paul Biya has been a discriminatory leader.
Atanga Nji Paul was one of two Anglophones appointed in a cabinet reshuffle. he was named Minister of Territorial Administration which translates to the Interior Ministry portfolio.
“He has done that for the Anglophones. And I believe that this is the proof (his appointment as Interior Minister) and Anglophones cannot say ever that he hasn’t given them their due,” he stressed. His views come at a time when peaceful protests over marginalization in English-speaking regions have escalated into a push for secession by the so-called Ambazonia Republic.
Most Anglophone Cameroonians have expressed disgust over his view and slammed him for saying that because he had secured a position in the Biya-government.
Separatist activities have led to deadly confrontation between security forces and the Ambazonia Defence Force (ADF) and other armed groups.
The two regions – North West and South West – have been placed under curfews in the light of the security situation.
A humanitarian crisis has been created as thousands of people in the region have fled into Nigeria. Despite these challenges, the central government maintains that there is relative peace across the region.
Source: African News