(ANSA) - Milan, March 3 - A meeting of the Northern League party chaired Monday by leader Matteo Salvini ruled that any people who still belong to the foundation of dissident Verona Mayor Flavio Tosi next Monday will be automatically ejected from the party.
The move is effectively an ultimatum against Tosi, who has clashed with Salvini over the League's decision to back Venetor Governor Luca Zaia to run again in upcoming regional elections. Tosi has accused Salvini of trying to destroy the autonomy of the Veneto branch of the movement, the Liga Veneta, and had threatened to run as an independent in the Veneto regional campaign.
League bigwigs decided at Monday's meeting to confirm their backing for Zaia in Veneto and seek to stamp out Tosi's rebellion.
"As of Monday March 9, the registration or membership of the foundation headed by Tosi is incompatible with the qualification of ordinary activist member of the Northern League," read the minutes of Monday's meeting. Tosi has described the ultimatum as "unacceptable".
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