Govt ready to pass tougher graft laws (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, April 28 - Premier Matteo Renzi said Thursday that his government was ready to stiffen the laws against corruption after a long series of graft scandals, some of which have hit members of his Democratic Party (PD). "We are ready (to pass tougher rules)," Renzi said in a #Matteorisponde question-and-answer session via social media. "We are not scared... We have already passed tough rules but we are always ready to do more". He added that, while graft cases irked him, it was not possible to write off the whole political class as corrupt. "Every time a story of corruption comes out I get indignant, I get angry," he said. "But we must all recognise that there are distinctions between whole segments (of society) and individuals and organised groups who make mistakes. You can spout rubbish by saying that they are all the same, because the crooks get off that way. Woe betide those who generalise because they play the crooks' game".