(supersedes previous)Premier
Matteo Renzi said Friday embattled Campania Governor Vincenzo De
Luca "should get to work if he's capable".
"Justice must run its course...and at the same time De Luca
has a right and a duty to be in office," the premier said of the
Democratic Party (PD) governor, who is being investigated for
corruption.
The PD premier added he has "full, total, unconditional"
confidence in the investigating magistrates.
"If the judiciary takes action we will take note of that".
De Luca is being investigated for allegedly giving in to
pressure from Judge Anna Scognamiglio, who is also being probed
along with several others.
Prosecutors say the judge pressured De Luca to give her
husband a managerial post in exchange for a favorable verdict,
which allowed him to take office earlier this year.
Scognamiglio was transferred and is being scrutinized by
the justice ministry due to the corruption probe.
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