Premier Matteo Renzi on
Wednesday dismissed talk of so-called "unpresentable' candidates
at this weekend's elections in seven Italian regions, saying his
centre-left Democratic Party (PD) stood for law and order.
"I hear talk of unpresentables, but we take lessons from
no one when it comes to legality," Renzi told a rally in
Perugia, the capital of Umbria, one of the regions going to the
polls.
"The PD is legality," he added, citing his government's
recent legislation against corruption and environmental crimes.
Renzi has repeatedly said that no PD candidates will be
on the list of candidates considered unfit to stand that
parliament's anti-mafia commission is expected to release on
Friday.
But he has also said that he was embarrassed by some of
the candidates in separate lists that are backing the PD's
candidate in Campania, Vincenzo De Luca.
The anti-euro, anti-migrant Northern League has also said
it has no candidate on the list.
On Tuesday the anti-mafia commission indicated four Puglia
candidates as being unfit to stand in the May 31 regional
elections.
They were Giovanni Copertino from Silvio Berlusconi's
opposition center-right Forza Italia (FI), Fabio Ladisa from the
Christian Democrat-oriented People's Party, Massimiliano Oggiano
from FI splinter party Beyond with Fitto, and Enzo Palmisano,
also from a People's Party-area list.
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