1.
SV PAN Zaccagnini arrives
0.08

2.
SCu Moro arrives
0.14

3.
SV PAN Colombo arrives
0.19

4.
SV ZOOM IN Party members talking to Moro
0.34

5.
SV PAN Other delegates
0.42

6.
SV PAN Delegates seated (2 shots)
0.53



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Background: Premier-designate Aldo Moro, bowing to pressure from right-wing colleagues, is to seek stronger parliamentary guarantees for the minority Christian Democrat government he proposes forming to end Italy's month-long political crisis.

Informed sources said Christian Democrat leaders, at a meeting on Friday night (6 February), asked Signor Moro to try to enlist the support of their former allies in Parliament, the Republican Party.

This followed a strong warning by former Christian Democrat Party Secretary Amintore Fanfani that the Catholic Party ran serious dangers if Signor Moro was allowed to form a government without a strong parliamentary base.

Earlier, the Christian Democrats had been reported on the point of giving Signor Moro the go ahead to form a government.

The Party's including the Premier-designate and Party Secretary Benigno Zaccagnini, favours the immediate formation a government on the grounds that the country cannot afford further delays.

But Signor Fanfani, a leading right-winger, argues that a weak government will be worse than useless.

Senior members of the Christian Democrat Party arriving at the Villa Camaluccia in Rome on Friday to discuss the formation of a government to be led by premier-designate Aldo Moro. After several hours of pressure from right-wing colleagues at the meeting, Signor Moro decided to seek stronger parliamentary guarantees for the minority government he proposes forming to end Italy's month-long political crisis. Informed sources said the meeting asked Mr. Moro to try to enlist the support of their former allies in parliament, the Republican Party.

Left-wing Christian Democrats favour the immediate formation of a government on the grounds that the country cannot afford further delays, but leading right-wingers are saying that a weak government will be worse than useless.