Prosecutors to probe Raineri appointment (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, September 1 - Rome prosecutors are to probe the appointment of Carla Raineri as Mayor Virginia Raggi's cabinet chief after the small rightist Brothers of Italy (FdI) party filed a suit alleging abuse of office, ANSA sources said Thursday. The probe will also look into the high salary Raineri was awarded, 193,000 euros a year. Raineri quit earlier Thursday after anti-corruption authority ANAC said she should have been appointed by open competition and not cherry-picked for the job.
    Raineri's resignation, along with that of budget councillor Marcello Minenna, has sent the Raggi administration into a tailspin. Raggi, a member of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), was elected Rome's first woman mayor in a June landslide.