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.
The M5S filed the motion after Reform Minister Maria Elena
Boschi's name surfaced in a wiretapped conversation between
Federica Guidi, who resigned as industry minister last week, and
her oil industry businessman boyfriend, Gianluca Gemelli.
The latter is being investigated on corruption conspiracy
and other charges.
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