League threatening crisis says Di Maio

(ANSA) - Rome, April 19 - The League is threatening a government crisis with its 5-Star Movement (M5S) partner after recent tensions came to a head when a League undersecretary was accused of taking a bribe to favour a Sicilian windfarm king linked to Cosa Nostra's No.1 fugitive and the M5S's Rome mayor was accused of leaning on a waste company exec, M5S leader Luigi Di Maio said Friday.
    The M5S have called for the resignation of Transport Undersecretary Armando Siri while the League is calling for Mayor Virginia Raggi to go.
    "Again today the League is threatening to bring the government down," said Di Maio.
    "It seems there are even contacts with Berlusconi to set up another executive. The papers are full of these reconstructions and I find it extremely serious. I'm really dumbfounded.
    "Italy is not a game, we are Italy and millions of households in difficulty that want a signal.
    "Italy is not a trophy and I find it extremely serious that the League, with such superficiality, every time they feel like it threatens to bring the government down".
    The Siri and Raggi spats are just the latest in a long string of tensions between the populist government partners.