{"id":84760,"date":"2017-02-26T23:51:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T21:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=84760"},"modified":"2017-02-26T23:51:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T21:51:17","slug":"decision-on-early-italian-elections-up-to-pm-gentiloni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=84760","title":{"rendered":"Decision on early Italian elections up to PM Gentiloni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Sunday it is up to his successor to decide whether Italy should hold its next national election before the natural end of the current legislature early next year.<span id=\"midArticle_byline\"><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The elections are envisaged in February 2018. Fullstop. If (Prime Minister Paolo) Gentiloni wants to vote before, it&#8217;s up to him to decide, not others,&#8221; Renzi said during a talk show on state TV channel Rai3.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Renzi quit as premier in December after a crushing defeat in a referendum on his constitutional reform drive and handed over the reins of power to his political ally Gentiloni.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He had earlier called for national elections to be brought forward to June from the scheduled 2018 date, eager for a swift return to high office. 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