Anti-mafia indicates four unfit to stand

(ANSA) - Rome, May 26 - Parliament's anti-mafia commission indicated four Puglia candidates Tuesday as being unfit to stand in May 31 regional elections. They are Giovanni Copertino from Silvio Berlusconi's center-right Forza Italia (FI), Fabio Ladisa from the Christian Democrat-oriented People's Party, Massimiliano Oggiano from FI splinter party Beyond with Fitto, and Enzo Palmisano, also from a People's Party-area list. The commission added it momentarily suspended its session for lack of information and that it will unveil its complete blacklist of about a dozen candidates with criminal records or chequered histories on Friday. Democratic Party (PD) leader and Premier Matteo Renzi said earlier his party does not have any 'unpresentable' candidate in its lists for the elections to take place in seven Italian regions next weekend. The anti-euro, anti-immigrant Northern League has also said it has no candidate on the list.