Virginia Raggi, Rome mayoral
candidate for the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S),
on Monday outlined her planned executive in the event of winning
local elections in June.
The 37-year-old frontrunner proposed a team of 10 executive
councillors including one, for the reorganisation of public
companies, to be nominated on a short-term temporary basis.
Other 'new entries' replacing more traditional posts
include executive councillors for 'simple Rome', life quality
and the city on the move.
The team would be the result of "a few unifications and
several simplifications for a Rome that is simple and
citizen-friendly", Raggi explained in a post on the blog of M5S
leader Beppe Grillo.
She also announced a culture board made up of "big thinkers
in art and show business" to support the new executive
councillor for cultural growth.
Raggi is running against centre-left candidate Roberto
Giachetti of the Democratic Party (PD), centre-right candidate
Alfio Marchini, Giorgia Meloni of the right-wing Brothers of
Italy (FdI)and Stefano Fassina of the Italian Left (SI) in
first-round elections on June 5, with a second-round ballot
scheduled for June 19.
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