Sergio Mattarella was sworn in for a second term as Italy’s president on Thursday, after a drawn-out election last week that resulted in him being chosen for a job he was no longer interested in holding. The 80-year-old took the oath of office in a ceremony at a joint session of parliament in Rome. Mattarella had repeatedly ruled out a second term in office – which lasts seven years – but changed his mind when Italy’s main parties failed to agree on a successor and no other way out of the impasse appeared available. After a chaotic round of haggling, the Sicilian allowed himself to be persuade…