Calabria Governor Mario
Oliverio was issued an order to stay in his town of residence on
Monday in relation to an abuse-of-office probe regarding public
tenders, sources said.
In total 16 people received notification of restrictive
measures in relation to the investigation by finance police in
Cosenza.
Prosecutors had requested that the governor, a member of the
centre-left Democratic Party, be put under house arrest, the
sources said.
"Faced with these slanderous accusations, I have decided to
go on hunger strike," said Oliverio.
"My life and my political and institutional work have always
been based on the utmost transparency, on concrete efforts to
fight crime, on honesty and respect for management of public
affairs.
"Hue and cries like this are a real gift to the mafia.
"Among other things, the tender for project at the centre of
the investigation was not put out during my term at the helm of
the region".
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