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Ex-Veneto governor asks 34-mth plea bargain

Expected to get house arrest Wednesday

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Venice, October 8 - Lawyers representing jailed former Veneto governor Giancarlo Galan presented a plea bargain request to prosecutors in Venice for his alleged role in corruption linked to the MOSE flood-protection system, officials said Wednesday.
    The ex-Veneto governor's lawyers asked for a plea bargain for a 34-month sentence and 2.6 million euros fine. Lawyers also requested house arrest, which is expected to be granted later Wednesday.
    The center-right Forza Italia (FI) MP and former two-time Berlusconi government minister was arrested in July on suspicion of corruption in the multi-billion-euro MOSE flood-prevention system in Venice.
    He is currently being held in Opera prison outside Milan.
   

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