Letta to quit as premier, Renzi set to take over

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-73c7be56e85fc8a6d9178a5059015dc2.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Letta to quit as premier, Renzi set to take over” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-73c7be56e85fc8a6d9178a5059015dc2.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, February 13 – Premier Enrico Letta on Thursday bowed to pressure to quit from the leader of his centre-left Democratic Party (PD), Matteo Renzi. He said he had informed President Giorgio Napolitano he would hand in his resignation Friday. PIt will be up to the president to hand a new government-formation mandate. A PD meeting overwhelmingly backed Renzi to lead a new government earlier on Thursday./PIMG id=mediaViewer title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-trasp74.gif”ALL RIGHTS RESERVED