The centre-left opposition
Democratic Party (PD) on Monday filed an urgent question in the
Senate saying the competition in which Premier Giuseppe Conte
became a university lecturer in 2002 "could be tainted by grave
incompatibility".
The PD Senate caucus said a law professor, Guido Alpa, was in
the commission that judged Conte even though "Alpa was described
as a partner in the CV Conte sent to parliament."
Conte wrote to La Repubblica daily Monday saying "Professor
Alpa is not, properly speaking, my 'mentor' and contrary to what
has been reported I and Professor Alpa have never had an
associated professional studio, nor have we ever constituted an
association between professionals".
In the letter, published on the front page of the
left-leaning daily, Conte said he and Alpa used a secretary's
office also serving other professional studios, "as often
happens in the professional world".
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