Lower House Speaker Laura Boldrini
said Wednesday that the new Rome city council executive
presented by under-fire Mayor Ignazio Marino deserved a chance
to prove that it can effectively govern the capital.
"Ignazio Marino is in the middle of a difficult situation
and he is making a big effort," Boldrini said.
"I hope that the new executive can give responses to the
demands that the public make. It's necessary to give this
executive a chance. We all hope for a change for the city".
Marino, a member of Premier Matteo renzi's centre-left
Democratic Party (PD), promised the city will become cleaner,
better organized, with improved transit and "urban regeneration"
as he presented a revamped executive with four new faces on
Tuesday.
The mayor has been under intense pressure to quit in the
wake of a massive probe into allegations a mafia organisation
muscled in on city contracts worth millions, even though he is
not personally implicated in the investigation.
His position has also been hit by international media
reports about the state of the Italian capital, bemoaning poor
cleanliness and transport services, amid a work-to-rule by metro
drivers that has caused major disruption.
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