Puglia Governor Michele Emiliano said
Monday he could not make a hearing of the parliamentary
anti-mafia commission called for May 2 to quiz him on possible
Mob infiltration in the southern Italian region.
He said he was otherwise engaged with a conference of the
Italian regions and a conference called by Regional Affairs and
Autonomy Minister Roberto Calderoli.
"With reference to my summons to the Anti-Mafia Commission on 2
May at 10.30 a.m., I inform you of my unavailability for all the
reasons already stated in my letter of 24 April, to which I add,
as a cause of legitimate impediment at 10 a.m., the summons of
the Conference of the Regions and at 12.30 p.m. the Unified
Conference convened by Minister Calderoli", said Emiliano, a
leading member of the centre-left opposition Democratic Party
(PD).
Emiliano said he was available to be heard 'at any time from 10
to 30 May', after the conclusion of the debate on a no
confidence motion in the regional council.
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