(ANSA) - Rome, December 4 - Labour Minister Giuliano
Poletti said he was indignant after a photo of him with one of
the people at the centre of a huge mafia investigation in Rome
appeared in the media.
"I feel terrible seeing my name put near to this filth,"
Poletti said regarding an image of him with Salvatore Buzzi, a
former manslaughter convict who headed cooperatives implicated
in the scandal.
"I'm indignant. I have nothing to do with that stuff. It's
intolerable to feel your reputation put in doubt.
"Everyone knew that Salvatore Buzzi had been convicted of
homicide, but those of us who live in the world think that it's
possible to change your life.
"Buzzi seemed a good person who did a degree while he was
in prison, he worked to give people who came out of prison
another chance.
"It's a paradox to discover what he has done".
Labour minister indignant at link to mafia probe - update 2
Poletti says had nothing to do with alleged corruption