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article_snippet: and . maintain a front-line role in Italian politics.
article_snippet: from the choice of who should become the new head of state.
article_snippet: reforms in the Chamber of Deputies, but 18 party deputies wrote .
article_snippet: a public letter of dissent.
article_snippet: They lamented a lack of internal .
article_snippet: instructions out of loyalty to They leader.