The League is threatening a
government crisis with its 5-Star Movement (M5S) partner after
recent tensions came to a head when a League undersecretary was
accused of taking a bribe to favour a Sicilian windfarm king
linked to Cosa Nostra's No.1 fugitive and the M5S's Rome mayor
was accused of leaning on a waste company exec, M5S leader Luigi
Di Maio said Friday.
The M5S have called for the resignation of Transport
Undersecretary Armando Siri while the League is calling for
Mayor Virginia Raggi to go.
"Again today the League is threatening to bring the
government down," said Di Maio.
"It seems there are even contacts with Berlusconi to set up
another executive. The papers are full of these reconstructions
and I find it extremely serious. I'm really dumbfounded.
"Italy is not a game, we are Italy and millions of households
in difficulty that want a signal.
"Italy is not a trophy and I find it extremely serious that
the League, with such superficiality, every time they feel like
it threatens to bring the government down".
The Siri and Raggi spats are just the latest in a long string
of tensions between the populist government partners.
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