Musumeci to be Salvini man in Sicily elections (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, August 25 - Anti-immigrant, anti-euro Northern League deputy secretary Giancarlo Giorgetti said Friday that Union for a Europe of Nations MEP Nello Musumeci, a rightist, would be their candidate for November elections in Sicily. He said leader Matteo Salvini was folowing the issue "directly" and that Musumeci was the only candidate taken into consideration, the only man "able to clean up, relaunch and give a better future to Sicily". Giorgetti's announcement came after the NCS group had asked Musumeci to withdraw his candidacy.