Anti-mafia commission summons Emiliano (4)

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 29 - The parliamentary Anti-Mafia Commission on Monday officially summoned Puglia Region President Michele Emiliano for 2 May for a hearing on suspected mafia infiltration in Puglia and Bari in particular after a string of recent cases of mafia vote buying and other Mob-related offences.
    Earlier Monday Emiliano, a bigwig in the centre-left Democratic Party (PD), denied reports he had asked not be summoned, clarifying that he had simply asked for a postponement of his hearing to avoid a clash with related Puglia political business.
    Emiliano recently came under fire when an embarrassing video emerged showing him 'entrusting' future Bari Mayor Antonio Decaro, then a city councillor, to the sister of one of Bari's 14 Mob bosses.
    The government has sent inspectors to verify mafia infiltration in Bari, where Decaro, another leading PD member, says he has decapitated the 14 clans. (ANSA).