Raggi no 'prejudice' against Olympic bid

(ANSA) - Rome, May 9 - Anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) Rome mayoral candidate Virginia Raggi said Monday she has "no prejudice" against the nation's capital bidding to host the 2024 Olympics, but "ordinary" issues must take precedence over extraordinary ones.
    "We reiterated our line," Raggi said after a two-hour meeting with Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) chief Giovanni Malago'.
    "There is no prejudice against the Games, but we must think first of the ordinary and then we will assess the extraordinary". Roman lawyer Raggi, 38, said in February she opposed Rome hosting the next Olympics because it has a lot of other problems that need to be solved first.
    "We need to concentrate on the ordinary," Raggi said at the time. "In any case, we'll inform citizens of the costs and the risks of the Olympics," she added.
    Rome 2024 Olympic bid panel head Luca Cordero di Montezemolo was also present at part of today's meeting, but put off questions from reporters.
    Former Ferrari and Fiat chief Montezemolo, now president of Alitalia, was named chair of the bidding committee a year ago.
    Rome hosted the 1960 Olympics and carried off a largely successful edition of the World Swimming Championships in 2009.
    Raggi is running for mayor in local elections to be held June 5.