The New Center Right (NCD)
party in the Rome city council said Tuesday the party it will
file a no-confidence motion in Mayor Ignazio Marino after the
center-left politician alleged someone doctored his computer
data to make it look as though he hadn't paid traffic fines.
"We will present our no-confidence motion Thursday," NCD
whip Roberto Cantiani said.
Rome prosecutors opened an investigation Monday after
Marino charged someone "manipulated and falsified" his data in
the city's computerized list of permits to drive in the city
center.
Eight 80-euro fines were slapped on Marino's car after he
allegedly forgot to renew the permit.
But the mayor says someone deleted from the system his
authorization to drive his red Fiat Panda to work while his
permit was being renewed.
The incident came to light after opposition New Centre
Right (NCD) Senator Andrea Augelio accused authorities of
"freezing" the fines as a favor to the center-left mayor, who
has incensed many by extending pedestrian zones in Rome's
historic center.
The city replied that it is normal practice for such fines
to be suspended pending a self-defense motion by the citizen who
got fined.
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