After the collapse of fascism and the end of the war a violent independence movement that led to the institution of the region and the concession of the Statute, based on the model of federal states was born in Sicily.
A similar route followed Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sardinia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Valley of Aosta.
[1] Councils had the power to elect the president and other members (assessors) of regional government (Giunta Regionale).
The Sicilian Assembly has the powers of a parliament, and its members have the same status of the national MPs and the European MEPs.
Now, the coalition of parties that receives the biggest number of votes obtains the absolute majority of the council's seats, and its leader is elected as the President of the region.