Centre-left Democratic Party (PD)
leader Enrico Letta on Tuesday reiterated a call for Economy
Undersecretary
Claudio Durigon to quit or be sacked after the nationalist
League MP called for a park in his home city, Latina, to be
renamed after Arnaldo Mussolini, the brother of Fascist dictator
Benito Mussolini.
Answering a question on whether Durigon should resign, Letta
replied "Yes. Apology of Fascism is incompatible with the
Constitution and our government. I believe the affair must be
resolved".
The park in the city founded by Mussolini after he drained the
Pontine Marshes is currently named after Giovanni Falcone and
Paolo Borsellino, two anti-mafia prosecuting magistrates who
were murdered by Cosa Nostra in 1992.
League leader Matteo Salvini said Tuesday that Durigon "has my
utmost confidence".
He recalled that the Latina-born MP had been the "father" of the
'quota 100' early-retirement pension reform, a key League policy
move.
Ex-European Parliament president Antonio Tajani, No.2 in
ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right Forza Italia (FI)
party, said "we aren't asking for anyone to resign and at this
difficult moment it is useless to waste time on internal
political battles".
Asked about the renewed calls for Durigon to go, Tajani said
"this government must put the national interest before partial
interests".
Ettore Rosato of the centrist Italia Viva (IV) party said he did
not think there would be a government crisis over Durigon.
Anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) MP Mario Perantoni said
the M5S would file a no-confidence motion in Durigon unless he
quit.
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