Italian Olympic Committee (CONI)
chief Giovanni Malagò on Tuesday urged new Rome Mayor Virginia
Raggi not to show "prejudice" against the Italian capital's bid
for the 2024 Olympics. "For the bid, we need the OK of the city,
CONI and the government. If one of these goes the bid will fail.
It's true there are other priorities but you shouldn't have
prejudices against the bid," he said. Raggi said in her campaign
that it would be "criminal" to bid for the Games with Rome's
many woes and a huge city budget deficit. Malagò observed that
the three sources of backing for the bid had already been
"achieved and deliberated". Raggi, of the anti-establishment
5-Star Movement, said later in her campaign she was not against
the Olympics as such but against spending on major public works
at a time of spending restrictions.
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