(ANSA) - Rome, October 26 - Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi told
parliament's anti-mafia commission on Wednesday that a service
to collect large items of trash in the capital had been
suspended before she took office in June.
The M5S politician was commenting after being ridiculed
for suggesting the large number of fridges and items of
furniture dumped in the Rome streets was suspicious.
Critics accused of her making up plots to discredit her
and said it was no surprise the large items of trash were on the
streets given the service to collect them is not operative.
"The service to collect large rubbish was stopped on June
18, before the second round (of voting for the city elections).
No one knows the reason," she said.
"We are working to reactivate it with a new tender
competition.
"You tell me if it's normal for a service to suddenly be
stopped".
No reason for end to 'fridge removals' (2)
Rome Mayor says service stopped before she was elected