The heads of two intelligence
agencies have told parliament that there is no evidence of
foreign interference in recent elections in Italy, sources said
Thursday.
Mario Parente and Alberto Manenti, the heads of the AISI and
AISE services, reported to parliamentary intelligence service
oversight body COPASIR on Wednesday and Thursday respectively
after former United States President Joe Biden said there was
Russian meddling in last year's Constitutional reform
referendum.
The agency chiefs said there was "attentive monitoring" of
the risk of foreign interference and that, up to now, there was
no evidence to back Biden's assertion.
Democratic Party (PD) leader Matteo Renzi's flagship
Constitutional reform was rejected in the referendum, prompting
him to step down from the helm of government after almost three
years and make way for his party colleague - current Premier
Paolo Gentiloni.
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