No confidence votes a waste of time

(ANSA) - Rome, April 19 - No-confidence votes against the government have become a "serial" phenomenon now totalling 31, almost one a month, and are a "waste of time," Democratic Party (PD) Senate Whip Luigi Zanda said Tuesday. The various oppositions to PD leader and Premier Matteo Renzi on Tuesday filed a no-confidence motion linked to a southern Italian oil probe in which industry minister Federica Guidi quit. The motion is expected to be rejected, like its predecessors.