Prosecutors ahve opened a probe
into the so-called Nazareno pact between Premier Matteo Renzi
and ex premier Silvio Berlusconi after a report by an MP from
the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) of Beppe Grillo.
MP Andrea Colletti wants to know whether the pact
"illicitly steered reforms and decided who should be the next
president of the republic".
The pact, which Democratic Party (PD) leader Renzi reached
with Berlusconi in January, a month before be became premier, is
for a new election law and an overhaul of Italy's costly,
slow-moving political machinery.
"I have deposited a petition at the Rome prosecutors'
office to establish the existence and contents of the Nazareno
pact," said Colletti.
Renzi and three-time premier Berlusconi have repeatedly
dismissed speculation that the pact contains an agreement on who
will replace President Giorgio Napolitano.
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