Maroni claims mud-slinging 'terrorism' agst League
Berlusconi ally slams claims of Finmeccanica kickbacks
19 February, 12:40
(ANSA) - Rome, February 19 - Northern League leader Roberto
Maroni on Tuesday claimed his regionalist party was the target
of mud-slinging linked to a corruption probe at defence giant
Finmeccanica that amounted to "terrorism".Finmeccanica CEO Giuseppe Orsi, seen as close to the League, quit earlier this month after being arrested in a probe into alleged bribes for a helicopter deal with India involving Finmeccanica's copter unit AgustaWestland.
Maroni told ANSA hostile media outlets had made "insinuations of kickbacks or funding to the League linked to the Orsi-Finmeccanica affair".
"The constant (feature) of this election campaign is the mud-slinging machine...It is an act of terrorism," the key ally of centre-right leader and ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi said.
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