M5S to field own Piedmont candidate after PD taps Pentenero

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 16 - The 5-Star Movement (M5S) said Saturday it would field its own candidate for the June 8-9 regional elections in Piedmont after its erstwhile ally the Democratic Party (PD) allegedly failed to consult it over the PD's choice of Turin labour and security councillor Gianna Pentenero as governor candidate.
    The M5S said "the PD has changed method, so now we'll pick our own candidate", fatally weakening either party's chances of beating incumbent centre-right Governor Alberto Cirio.
    The M5S said it would unveil its election platform in the coming days.
    The two parties have come together for recent elections in Sardinia, which they narrowly won, and Abruzzo, which they lost.
    photo: Pentenero (ANSA).