Walter Veltroni, the former head
of the Democratic Party (PD), on Wednesday blasted a motion by
the centre-left group against Governor Ignazio Visco as
"incomprehensible and unjustifiable".
On Tuesday a PD motion debated in the Lower House came out
against Visco over his handling of Italy's recent banking
crisis, saying a "new phase was needed".
It said the crisis "could have been mitigated with more
incisive and rapid prevention and management activity" in a move
that many saw as an attack on the independence of the central
bank.
"The Bank of Italy has always been an asset of independence
and autonomy for the whole country," Veltroni, who is also a
former mayor of Rome, said when asked about the motion by ANSA.
"That's why the PD parliamentary motion seems
incomprehensible and unjustifiable to me".
President Sergio Mattarella on Monday night called for
"everyone" to safeguard the bank's autonomy and independence.
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