Tiziano Renzi, the father of
ex-premier Matteo Renzi, was questioned in Rome by investigators
on Friday in relation to a probe into alleged corruption at
civil-service procurement agency CONSIP.
Tiziano Renzi, who is under investigation for alleged
influence peddling in the probe, denies any wrongdoing.
L'Espresso magazine says in its issue to be published Sunday
that CONSIP CEO Luigi Marroni told prosecutors that Renzi senior
and former Berlusconi aide Denis Verdini - sentenced to nine
years over a separate Florentine bank bankruptcy Thursday -
"exerted pressure" on him over the commissioners for some tender
competitions.
Alfredo Romeo, a high-profile Campanian businessman, was
arrested in the CONSIP probe this week and Sports Minister Luca
Lotti is under investigation too.
The case has rocked the ruling Democratic Party (PD) ahead of
primaries next month in which Matteo Renzi is standing to be
re-elected head of the centre-left group.
The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) has said that
will table no-confidence motions against Lotti in the House and
Senate.
Lotti was Matteo Renzi's cabinet secretary in the last
government and was widely considered to be the ex-premier's
right-hand man.
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