Anti-Mafia lists 14 'unpresentables' (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, May 31 - The parliamentary anti-mafia commission on Tuesday listed the following 14 candidates as 'unpresentable' in June 5 local elections: 7 in Battipaglia: Carmine Fasano, Daniela Minniti, Lucio Carrara, Francesco Procida, Bartolomeo D'Apuzzo, Demetrio Landi and Giuseppe Del Percio; 5 in Rome: Antonio Carone, Domenico Schioppa, Antonio Giugliano, Fernando Vendetti, and, the only one bidding for a Rome council place, Mattia Marchetti; and 2 in Calabria: at Scalea, Carmelo Bagnato and at San Sostene, Alessandro Codispoti. Anti-mafia chair Rosy Bindi said all 14 were candidates in civic lists, which, she said, were "gateways for the mafia". "The situation is, overall, encouraging," she said," even though some data are worrying".