Rome city council debated budget
adjustments Tuesday as final details of Mayor Ignazio Marino's
reshuffle of councillors emerged.
Reports said Luigina Di Liegro, a member of Marino's
Democratic Party (PD) and former regional councillor in charge
of welfare and security, had been named as the new councillor in
charge of tourism.
She is also the niece of Rome Caritas founder Don Luigi Di
Liegro.
Her name would take to four the list of new appointments,
after Marco Causi was named deputy mayor, Stefano Esposito city
councillor in charge of transportation, and Marco Rossi Doria
city councillor in charge of schools.
Meanwhile, city council must approve the budget adjustment
by Friday to meet mandated deadlines.
Marino took over as budget councillor following the
resignation of Silvia Scozzese on Saturday over complaints about
how the city was run.
The mayor has lost eight members of his original cabinet
since taking office more than two years ago.
Some councillors resigned due to alleged implication in the
ongoing Mafia Capitale probe into alleged infiltration by a
local crime syndicate into city contracts.
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