Salvini irked by Dalla Chiesa candidacy

(ANSA) - Rome, February 10 - Northern League leader Matteo Salvini has been irked at apparently not being consulted by centre-right allies over the possible candidacy of TV presenter Rita Dalla Chiesa for Rome mayor, sources said Wednesday.
    Salvini has therefore decided not to take part in talks called by former premier Silvio Berlusconi on the candidacy, they said. They said Salvini was not against Dalla Chiesa per se but against the way she was chosen by Forza Italia chief Berlusconi and rightist ally Giorgio Meloni of the small Fratelli d'Italia party.
    Dalla Chiesa, 68, is the daughter of Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, a Carabinieri general who successfully fought the Red Brigades before being assassinated by Cosa Nostra after being named Palermo's new anti-mafia prefect in 1982.
    Elections will take place mid-June to pick the successor to Ignazio Marino, torpedoed by his own Democratic Party after an expenses scandal last year.