The small, leftwing Left Ecology
Freedom (SEL) party will not sit on the new Rome city council
being put together by Democratic Party (PD) Mayor Ignazio
Marino.
"We continue serving Rome," SEL Rome coordinator Paolo
Cento said after a meeting with Marino.
"Clearly the issue of who gets to be deputy mayor is
entirely bound to the issue of alliance with the PD - if the
mayor's party want to destroy the center-left in Rome, let it
take responsibility for it".
"We leave the council seats to the PD's one-party
government," Cento said.
"We were not satisfied with the meeting, and decided to
remain outside the council".
Cento added that "a competition" is underway between SEL
and the PD.
"If these issues aren't resolved, we will maintain a
relationship with Mayor Marino in which we will assess the
situation on a case by case basis".
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