Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi said
Wednesday that she may meet Beppe Grillo, the leader of the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), who is expected in the
capital later in the day for talks on her chaos-hit executive.
"It's possible," Raggi told reporters as she entered city
hall when asked about the meeting with Grillo.
Luigi Di Maio, a member of the M5S's 'directorate'
leadership panel, told Sky television Wednesday that decisions
will be made "soon" regarding Raggi's executive.
The panel on Tuesday called for the heads of four members
of her administration, including Environment Executive
Councillor Paola Muraro, who is under criminal investigation in
relation to a former role as a consultant for the capital's
troubled trash company AMA.
Raggi and Di Maio, the deputy speaker of the Lower House,
have both been accused of lying about Muraro for denying she was
under investigation when allegedly knowing that she was.
The case is embarrassing for the anti-establishment M5S,
which prides itself on being clean and transparent and has been
highly critical of other parties when they were faced by similar
scandals in the past.
Indeed, M5S supporters have been among the most critical
in online comments on the situation.
The chaos in Rome is also been cited by opponents as
evidence that the movement's claim it is ready to govern at
national level are false.
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