The possible crime of defrauding the
Italian State has been added to the possible charge list facing
Tourism Minister Daniela Santanché in a reported probe into her
allegedly improper business practices, judicial sources said
Monday.
Aggravated State fraud joins the list of suspected crimes
allegedly committed by the minister, which already include false
accounting and bankruptcy by the high-profile member of Premier
Giorgia Meloni's rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party in
running the many companies in her Visibilia business galaxy,
they said.
The Senate will examine a no-confidence motion against
Santanche' on Wednesday, July 26
The leftwing populist opposition 5-Star Movement (M5S) presented
the motion after she reported to parliament earlier this month
over allegations regarding her business activities.
The other main opposition group, the centre-left Democratic
Party (PD), has said it will back the no-confidence motion.
Santanche' denies all wrongdoing.
The minister has been facing calls to quit since investigative
journalism programme Report on Rai 3 reported that businesses
linked to her allegedly failed to pay suppliers and dismissed
workers without giving them redundancy payments, as well as
allegedly improperly receiving COVID aid.
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