A Milan prosecutor on Thursday
requested a prison term of two and a half years for outgoing
Lombardy Governor Roberto Maroni for alleged pressure to obtain
a trip to Tokyo and a job for two of his former assistants when
he was interior minister.
"My conscience is clear, the charges are ridiculous," said
Maroni.
The prosecutor also asked for two years and two months for
the governor's political secretary Giacomo Ciriello in the case
of Maria Grazia Paturzo and Mara Carluccio, the two former
interior ministry assistants.
The prosecutor, Eugenio Fusco, also asked for regional
government secretary-general Andrea Gibelli to be sentenced to
one year in jail and an 800 euro fine.
For Carluccio, the sentence request was 10 months plus an 800
euro fine.
The two women have stayed put in Rome throughout the affair,
the prosecutor said.
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