Di Maio promises decisions soon on Rome (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, September 7 - Luigi Di Maio, a member of the 5-Star Movement's five-member leadership panel, told Sky television Wednesday that decisions will be made "soon" regarding Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi's chaos-hit executive. The panel on Tuesday called for the heads of four members of Raggi's 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 the Muraro case 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 cases in the past. 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.