The publication of a wiretap in which
Democratic Party (PD) leader Matteo Renzi urges his father
Tiziano to tell the whole truth in a probe into civil-service
procurement agency CONSIP is an "attack on democracy," PD
chairman Matteo Orfini said Wednesday.
He said the publication of the wiretap "has the sole aim of
striking the country's main party".
Tiziano Renzi is under investigation for suspected
influence-peddling and has denied meeting the arrested
businessman at the centre of the probe, Alfredo Romeo.
Former premier Renzi is heard on the wiretap telling his
father to tell the truth about an alleged meeting with Romeo,
which Renzi senior is heard denying took place.
The ex-premier also urges his father not to tell police that
his mother was there too.
Responding to Orfini, one of the leaders of a group that
split from the PD last month, Roberto Speranza of the Democratic
and Progressive Movement (MDP), said "the PD is now using the
same arguments that (ex-premier Silvio) Berlusconi used a few
years ago" in commenting on his legal cases.
Anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) MP Danilo Toninelli
tweeted: "From Orfini subversive words against the prosecutors
probing CONSIP and thinly veiled threats against investigative
journalists.
"What are they afraid of?"
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