The political system of the
Comuni of Italy was changed in 1993, when a
semi-presidential system for the mayoral election was introduced. If until that year the council was elected under a pure
proportional system and the council had the power to elect and dismiss the
mayor of Rome, since 1993 the mayor and the council are jointly elected by citizens, with an electoral law that assures to the elected mayor a political majority in the council. Under this system, the election of the mayor is prior over the election of the council. Voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition and this gives a result whereby the winning candidate is able to claim majority support in the new council. The candidate who is elected mayor has always a majority of 62% of seats (29 seats) in the city council, which will support him during his term. The seats for each party of the coalition which wins the majority is determined proportionally. In this type of system, the council is generally elected for a five-year term, but, if the mayor suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the
simul stabunt, simul cadent clause introduced in 1993 (literally
they will stand together or they will fall together), also the Council is dissolved and a snap election is called. The City Committee (Italian:
giunta comunale), the
executive body of the city, chosen and presided directly by the mayor, is generally composed by members of the city council, which lost their membership into the assembly.
Current composition (2021–2027) The Capitoline Assembly is currently composed of the following political groups: By coalition:
City Committee (2021–2027) The current
giunta is composed by 12 members and has been in office since 4 November 2021: ==Functions==