(ANSA) - Rome, January 12 - Premier Matteo Renzi praised
Roberto Giachetti, an MP with his Democratic Party (PD), ahead
of primaries to select the centre-left's mayor candidate in
local elections in Rome later this year. "The primaries will
decide, but Giachetti is certainly someone who knows Rome like
few others, he's even been head of the city cabinet (under
former mayor Francesco Rutelli)," Renzi told Repubblica TV. "He
is a Roman and an AS Roma supporter. We'll see if he stands".
Rome is currently being run by an extraordinary commissioner,
Francesco Paolo Tronca, after former PD Mayor Ignazio Marino was
forced out last year following an expenses scandal.
Renzi praises Giachetti ahead of Rome primaries
Premier says MP knows Rome like few others