(see related)Beleaguered
Quarto Mayor Rosa Capuozzo of the anti-establishment 5-Star
Movement (M5S) "is totally at peace and will not resign" over a
probe into alleged Camorra mafia infiltration of her
administration, her lawyer said Monday.
"She will continue to be mayor," Stafano Paparella said.
Capuozzo is resisting calls from all sides to step down
after an M5S councillor in the town near Naples was ejected from
the movement after being placed under investigation for
allegedly taking Camorra votes in exchange for a public works
project.
The mayor herself is not under investigation in the probe.
Paparella said he had assisted Capuozzo during a police
search of her home and office Monday.
"We remain an injured party in the affair," Paparella said.
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