La Russa elected Senate Speaker

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 13 - Former defence minister Ignazio La Russa was elected the new Speaker of the Italian Senate on Thursday.
    The co-founder of the Brothers of Italy (FdI) party of likely future premier Giorgia Meloni got 116 votes, 12 more than the majority of 104 needed.
    There were 65 blank papers cast, while two votes went to League bigwig Roberto Calderoli and two went to Life Senator and Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre, who was presiding over proceedings as the acting president of the Upper House. (ANSA).