Premier Giuseppe Conte has said
that he has pulled out of the selection process for a post at
Rome's La Sapienza University.
Conte, a law academic who had no previous political
experience before taking the helm of the League-5-Star Movement
(M5S) government this year, said on Facebook on Monday that the
decision was down to "personal sensibility" and denied there had
a conflict of interest in his bid for the job.
Politico.eu had reported that premier had not written to the
university to withdraw, saying an an exam he was set to sit on
Monday as part of the selection process had merely been
postponed.
Conte had said he would reconsider his bid for the job after
the news of his participation in the selection process came out.
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