Anti-sexist crackdown needed - Boldrini

(ANSA) - Rome, October 7 - An anti-sexist crackdown is needed in parliament, House Speaker Laura Boldrini said Wednesday. She said an amendment to House rules, stuck on a panel for a year, envisages a 40-day suspension for MPs found guilty of making "sexist insults". Earlier this week a centre-right Senator, Lucio Barani, was banned for five days for miming a blow job in the direction of a woman Senator from the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement. Another Senator, Vincenzo D'Anna, was banned for five days for repeating the gesture.