Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte submitted his resignation Tuesday to President Sergio Mattarella, in a bid to form a new, stronger government. The president accepted the resignation and “reserves the right to decide (what to do next) and invited the government to stay in office in a caretaker capacity”, Mattarella’s office said. Mattarella, the ultimate arbiter of Italian political crises, said he would start a round of discussions with party leaders on the way forward on Wednesday afternoon. He can currently count on the populist Five Star Movement, the centre-left Democratic Party and the smaller leftist Free and Equals party. READ ALSO: Tuchel set to accept Chelsea challengeAFP

Source: Punch January 26, 2021 12:53 UTC