The anti-establishment 5-Star
Movement (M5S) on Tuesday filed in the Senate a no-confidence
motion in the government over an oil probe that has rocked
Premier Matteo Renzi's executive.
"We ask (Speaker Pietro) Grasso to immediately call a
meeting of caucus leaders to schedule the examination of the
motion as soon as possible," the M5S said.
"We want this government, a friend of oilmen and enemy of
the health of citizens and the environment, to go home".
Prosecutors on Monday questioned Reforms and Relations with
Parliament Minister Maria Elena Boschi over a government
amendment on a southern Italian oil project that last week
spurred industry minister Federica Guidi to resign.
Judges have yet to set a date for questioning Guidi, who
quit over a wiretapped phone call with her boyfriend, oil
industry businessman Gianluca Gemelli, about a government
amendment that allegedly benefited his business.
Gemelli is being investigated for corruption conspiracy and
falsely claiming influence over a public official in order to
obtain bribes.
Prosecutors on Tuesday started questioning a
number of people arrested in three different branches of the
probe.
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