FdI rallies round Salvini over ANAS contracts case

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 31 - Premier Giorgia Meloni's rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party on Sunday rallied around Deputy Premier, Transport Minister and rightwing League party leader Matteo Salvini over claims he may have been involved in a case of allegedly rigged contracts for motorway company ANAS in which former Berlusconi ally Denis Verdini and his son have been placed under investigation.
    "On the ANAS contracts there is an ongoing investigation which began well before the current government took office, and which does not involve Matteo Salvini, nor any other political figure, so let's wait for developments", said FdI.
    The opposition has called on Salvini to brief parliament on the case, a call the League leader has rejected.
    photo: Verdini (ANSA).