(ANSA) - Palermo, May 9 - The 5-Star Movement in Palermo is
on turmoil over a recording of a private conversation in the
Lower House last year about the anti-establishment movement's
candidate to be mayor in the Sicilian city, Ugo Forello.
The conversation, between Andrea Cottone, a member of the M5S
media team, and MPs Loredana Lupo, Chiara Di Benedetto, Riccardo
Nuti and Giulia Di Vita, regards the alleged shady management of
Addiopizzo, an anti-Mafia association Forello founded.
The recording has been added to evidence regarding the case
of alleged false signatures backing 2012 municipal M5S
candidates in the Sicilian capital in which Nuti and Di Vita are
under investigation.
Addiopizzo said it was taking legal action as the content of
the recording was defamatory.
The M5S described the publication of the recording as an
attempt to discredit it and confirmed its support for Forello.
It added that it had presented a petition to identify the
people responsible for the publication of the conversation and
had taken action to stop it being further distributed.
Palermo M5S in turmoil over
Movement confirms backing for mayor candidate