The government is unfit for office
because it is beholden to oil industry lobbies, a no-confidence
motion filed by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S)
said Monday. An ongoing investigation has revealed that what the
M5S called "a business committee" has de facto occupied
government in order to serve the interests of oil companies and
firms linked to "individuals in personal relationships with
cabinet members", the motion says, adding "the premier and other
ministers" are incompatible with their office. Premier Matteo
Renzi is guilty of "grave omissions" in failing to protect the
country "from the pernicious effects of the commingling of
public and private interests, which appear to prosper where they
should be prevented," the motion continued. Deputy House Speaker
Luigi Di Maio (M5S) said his party wants the motion voted on "as
soon as possible". "We want to send this government home," he
told participants in an M5S protest in the southern Basilicata
region.
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