(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 29 - Brothers of Italy (FdI) leader
Giorgia Meloni said Thursday that fake reports were doing the
rounds about who will be in the incoming centre-right government
and pledged that the ministers will be quality appointments.
Meloni looks set to become Italy's first woman premier as FdI
was the driving force of the right coalition's victory in
Sunday's general election.
"I continue to read unreal reconstructions about the eventual
ministers of a centre-right government," Meloni said via
Twitter.
"After the failure of the (outgoing Health Minister Roberto)
Speranza and co. I assure you that we are working on a
high-quality team that will not disappoint you.
"Don't believe the lies that are going around".
The tweet was posted amid reports of tension between Meloni and
her alliance partner, League leader Matteo Salvini, who had
their first public meeting since the election on Wednesday.
Salvini is under pressure after the League performed much worse
than its rightist partner in the election.
The League got around 9% of Sunday's vote compared to 26% for
FdI, and 8% for the other main party in the bloc, three-time
former premier and media magnate Silvio Berlusconi's Forza
Italia (FI)
At the last Italian elections in 2018 FdI got around 4%, while
the League got 17% and surged to 34% in the 2019 European
elections amid Salvini's popular anti-migrant policies as
interior minister at the time.
Salvini is reportedly keen to get back to denying charity
migrant rescue ships ports of call as Meloni's interior
minister, but his position has been weakened by the League's
relatively poor performance in the elections.
There have been reports that some top FdI members do not want
Salvini to hold a high-ranking position and even talk of the
League opting to not be part of the government, but just
providing 'external support' to make it possible for the
executive to pass legislation.
On Facebook, meanwhile, Meloni reiterated that the election win
was "not a final destination but a stating point.
"We are ready to give back a future, vision and greatness to
Italy," she said. (ANSA).
Working to put together high-level govt team says Meloni
FdI leaders blasts 'unreal' reports about new cabinet