Napolitano Set to Decide on Mandate for Italian Premiership

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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is poised to announce his selection for prime minister after completing a round of talks with parliamentary leaders.

“We will adhere to the choices made by the president,” Enrico Letta, a representative of Italy’s Democratic Party, said late yesterday after meeting Napolitano at the presidential palace in Rome. An announcement is due as soon as today, the president’s office said.