Former industry minister Federica
Guidi will travel to Potenza Thursday to give evidence in an oil
probe that spurred her resignation last week, judicial sources
told ANSA Tuesday. Guidi, who is not under investigation, will
be heard as "a person informed of events", in Italian legal
parlance. The minister quit Thursday after wiretaps revealed she
discussed an oil-related government amendment with her
boyfriend, oil industry businessman Gianluca Gemelli. He is
being investigated for corruption conspiracy and falsely
claiming influence over a public official in order to obtain
bribes. The minister, a former head of the youth chapter of
employers' lobby Confindustria, resigned after widespread calls
for her resignation over conflict of interest. Potenza
prosecutors on Monday travelled to Rome to quiz Reforms and
Relations with Parliament Minister Maria Elena Boschi, who is
also not under investigation. In the wiretap, Guidi said Boschi
was on board with the amendment.
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