Napolitano reads riot act to Italy's politicians

ROME (Reuters) - Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said on Monday he had agreed to his re-election as head of state because of an unprecedented political deadlock and threatened to resign if politicians failed to implement vital reforms.

Reading the riot act to Italy's politicians at his inauguration in parliament, Napolitano bitterly attacked their failures and irresponsibility, especially in failing to reform a dysfunctional electoral law.