Democratic Party (PD) leader and
ex-premier Matteo Renzi said Friday that his centre-left group
was determined to get to the bottom of who had responsibility
for Italy's bank sector crisis.
He said Italy needed the "truth" with "no skeletons in the
closet.
"The managers and bankers who made mistakes must pay, that is
a sacrosanct principle," said the ex-premier.
"And the high bureaucracies of this country must stop blaming
politicians and assume their responsibilities too.
"Those who made mistakes must pay," Renzi reiterated.
"This is not populism, it is justice."
Renzi said he was "certain" that a parliamentary commission
of inquiry into the banking crisis would be "very useful".
The ex-premier recently criticised Bank of Italy Governor
Ignazio Visco's handling of the crisis and came out against his
confirmation for a second term.
Despite this, the government awarded Visco another six years
in charge.
Premier Paolo Gentiloni and President Sergio Mattarella
warned that a PD motion criticising Visco might have undermined
the central bank's autonomy and independence.
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