(ANSA) - Rome, November 2 - Former Milan prefect Francesco
Paolo Tronca will get down to work in earnest on Monday after
being sworn in as Rome Commissioner on Sunday to replace
ex-mayor Ignazio Marino.
Marino was ousted last week in a drive led by his own and
Premier Matteo Renzi's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) after
he withdrew the resignation he tendered last month following an
expenses scandal.
Tronca will run the city until local elections are held
next year to vote in a new council and mayor.
His priorities will include preparing the city for the
upcoming Jubilee of Mercy, addressing severe problems with the
public transport system and reversing the poor state of
cleanliness and maintenance of many parts of the capital.
Tronca met Pope Francis on Sunday and he said the
Argentine pontiff's words "give me the strength to go forward".
Former Milan prefect Tronca takes over for Marino in Rome
Mayor ousted in drive led by his own PD