ABSTRACT
The two-year existence of the first Parliament to be elected with a majoritarian electoral system had demonstrated all the limitations of an incomplete transition. The changes of recent years, brought about both by the introduction of the semi-majoritarian electoral system and stirrings within the party system, have had extremely "damaging" effects on the functioning and stability of Parliament, the most evident being precisely the continual recourse to early elections. A solution to the other problem associated with the institutionalization of a parliamentary leadership, the consolidation of stable procedures for election to parliamentary offices which are also recognized by the opposition, is more complex. The analysis of the parliamentary leadership conducted here demonstrates that even the present legislature is capable of developing stable rules and procedures, the primary consequence of which would be to reinforce its leadership group but which would also influence its functioning as an institution.
