ROME -- Commentators Tuesday described new Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni's new government as a virtual photocopy of its predecessor with 13 ministers remaining in the same posts occupied under Matteo Renzi.

 Gentiloni disclosed his new cabinet Monday evening to President Sergio Mattarella, after just 24 hours of consultations and decision-making, and now must face confidence votes in the two houses of Parliament.

 The new premier’s cabinet has 18 ministers, with 13 of them remaining in the same posts as under Renzi, three changing roles and two new entries.

 Anna Finocchiaro has entered as the new Parliamentary Relations Minister and Valeria Fedeli as Education Minister, who has taken the place of Stefania Giannini, the only minister to be excluded in the new government.

 Surprisingly, the previous Reform Minister under Renzi, Maria Elena Boschi, one of the main faces of the constitutional referendum who vowed to leave politics in the case of a ‘No’ vote, has now been promoted to Under-Secretary for the PM’s office, one of the highest roles in the new cabinet -- an appointment which has sparked plenty of criticism from the opposition

 Boschi has taken the place of Luca Lotti, a close Renzi ally, who has now strangely become the minister for sport. The former Interior Minister Angelino Alfano has now taken Gentiloni’s place as Foreign Affairs Minister.

 The new temporary Prime Minister -- standing in until elections are called in 2017 -- has decided that he will not move into the Prime Ministerial dwellings at Palazzo Chigi but will stay living in his own home.

 Thus, it seems that the huge chaos and ‘revolution’ that was anticipated following the ‘No’ victory in the referendum will not arrive -- the whole process has simply appeared to be “a game of musical chairs,” Il Fatto Quotidiano writes.

 Forza Italia politicians have been kept out of the game, which perhaps may not guarantee much of their support in the confidence votes to be held Monday at 6:45 p.m.

 However, the numbers are tight in the Gentiloni cabinet, which means that there will be other agreements or hopeful agreements, perhaps with Berlusconi, Il Fatto speculates.

 In making the new cabinet, Gentiloni also gave a sign to the left of the party, as new additions Finocchiaro and Fedeli are hardly Renzi-ites. More leftist Gianni Cuperlo was also asked to be the new Foreign Minister, but refused.

 Gentiloni promises a “normal government” and dialogue with the opposition, saying that his priorities will be “electoral law and employment.”

 Renzi still undecided as to whether to run for the Democratic Party primaries to be held on Feb. 26 or March 5 at the latest -- the former PM would like to hold national elections on June 4.

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