Senate Speaker Pietro Grasso said
Tuesday that opposition parties had not yet filed any
no-confidence motions in the government following an oil probe
that rocked Premier Matteo Renzi's executive. "They are yet to
present it," Grasso said when asked about a motion that the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) has pledged to file.
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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