The Democratic Party (PD) on
Tuesday came out against Bank of Italy GOvernor Ignazio Visco
over his handling of Italy's recent banking crisis, saying a
"new phase was needed".
A PD motion on the Bank of Italy debated in the Lower House
on Tuesday said that the crisis "could have been mitigated with
more incisive and rapid prevention and management activity".
It said that the appointment of the governor of the central
bank was highly delicate because the effectiveness of the Bank
of Italy's oversight activities has been thrown into doubt in
recent years by repeated bank crises.
Asked if the motion was against BoI Governor Visco, PD
spokesman Matteo Richetti said: "The PD won't go into the person
but asks for a new phase for the Bank of Italy. The PD won't go
into the merit of a decision that is up to the government and
the premier but it can't skirt a judgement and the motion traces
the need to mark a new phase. The 'who you do it with' is up to
the government".
Consumer group Adusbef, which has been campaigning to get
Visco sacked, said "all of the Bank of Italy managers" who
handled the crisis should also go.
Anti-euro, anti-migrant Northern League leader Matteo Salvini
said "(PD leader and ex-premier Matteo) Renzi should shut up,
the PD and the lack of checks are the cause of the Italian
banks' disaster".
"Let them all go home, Visco and the government...it's clear
that the PD, too, is to blame for the catastrophe and the damage
to 300,000 savers".
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