Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano
said Thursday that Salvatore Torrisi must quit his post at the
helm of a Senate election-reform committee or leave his centrist
Popular Alternative (AP) party. Torrisi was elected president of
the committee on Wednesday after some members of parties
supporting Premier Paolo Gentiloni's government disobeyed orders
to vote for Giorgio Pagliari of the centre-left Democratic Party
(PD). The outcome angered many within Gentiloni's PD and risks
rocking the government. "It's clear that his continuation as
president is incompatible with the AP," Alfano said.
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