Renzi blasts M5S, FI (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, October 12 - Premier Matteo Renzi on Wednesday blasted the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (FI) for suggesting his government had undermined democracy. "I've heard the M5S talk of a mark-2 dictatorship. (FI House whip Renato) Brunetta said that democracy is being turned to pork," Renzi told the Lower House. "But words are important and being as someone put an end to democracy in this chamber 90 years ago, I say you can think what you want about the referendum, but this is democracy and throwing it into doubt is an insult to Italy". Renzi also hit back at the M5S for saying his Democratic Party (PD) was implicated in the Capital Mafia case regarding an alleged criminal gang that muscled in on city contracts worth millions. "Before talking about Capital Mafia and trash, look at who the refuse business went to in recent years, look at who got the consultancies for trash in recent years and have some respect for the PD," Renzi told the Lower House. "The government wants to work for Rome and combat all forms of illegality".
    New M5S Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi's environment chief Paola Muraro is under investigation over her past role as a consultant for the capital's trash company AMA.