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Urgent: Italian president "happy" to step down before resignation

Xinhua, January 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Tuesday said he was looking forward to stepping down, which according to local media will happen by Wednesday evening.

"I am certainly happy to go home," Napolitano was quoted by ANSA news agency as telling a child who questioned the president while he was attending a public ceremony.

"I am feeling good here, everything is very beautiful," Napolitano went on saying, referring to the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic, the Quirinal Palace, a major heritage treasure built in 1583. Endit