(ANSA) - KARPACZ, 04 SET - "The model that comes closest is perhaps the Italian one, where the president has sometimes played a very important role, but always as a guarantor of balance and not as a blocker of activity." This was stated by Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, during an interview at the 34th Karpacz Economic Forum, when asked about a possible reform of the Polish Constitution due to the perennial conflict between the government and the president of the Republic, also in light of the recent presidential elections, which saw the candidate of the Pis, the nationalist opposition party in parliament, Karol Nawrocki. In Poland, the president, who is directly elected by the citizens, has the right to initiate legislation. Furthermore—and this is the subject of debate in this specific case—he also has the opportunity to directly influence the legislative process by exercising his power of veto. "If this dispute between the president and the government continues," explains Kosiniak, "it would mean that we need to think about changing things, and in that case, a new constitution could be created by the citizens if they believe that the dualism of power, when there is no collaboration between the parties, is deadly dangerous. The idea would be to strengthen the power of the government, while the president would have a stabilizing and honorary role, as in the Italian model, which is perhaps the closest: there, the president has sometimes played a very important role, but always as a guarantor of balance and not as a blocker of activity." (ANSA).