Ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi on
Friday said his centre-right Forza Italia (FI) party will join
rally a major anti-government rally called by the nationalist
populist League party in Rome's largest square on October 19.
"Forza Italia will join the demonstration against government
policies called for October 19 next in Piazza San Giovanni in
Rome," he said.
"President Silvio Berlusconi invites members, sympathisers
and voters to participate in the rally with the other
centre-right parties.
"A delegation from Forza Italia will be present on the
stage".
League leader Matteo Salvini called the protest shortly after
the inception of the new government formed by his former ally,
the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) and the centre-left
Democratic Party (PD).
Salvini pulled the plug on the 14-month M5S-League government
in August invoking "full powers" from the Italian electorate.
But his bid to cash in on high poll numbers was stymied when
the apparently unthinkable happened: the M5S getting together
with former fierce foe the PD.
Salvini has since been the new government's harshest critic.
The other party coming to the League rally is the far-right
Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, led by Giorgia Meloni.
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