An MP from the opposition 5-Star
Movement (M5S) on Tuesday said her party uncovered the so-called
Rome rent scandal, not the city's extraordinary commissioner
Francesco Paolo Tronca.
Tronca reported last week that city-owned flats in luxury
neighborhoods were being rented out for under 10-20 euros a
month, adding up to potential losses to city coffers of 100
million euros a year.
Tronca, who replaced ex-mayor Ignazio Marino in October,
has vowed to get to the bottom of the scandal.
He cited the examples of a flat in the Borgo Pio historic
district near the Vatican being rented out at 10.29 euros a
month, another in the central Corso Vittorio Emanuele rented at
24.21 euros a month, and yet another with a view over the
Imperial Forums rented at 23.65 euros a month.
Speaking at a news conference, M5S MP Roberta Lombardi also
said that a Rome tribunal had agreed to put former mayor Marino
on trial for defamation for comparing the M5S to the mafia.
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