ITALY He however assured that the bills paid with the city credit card related dinners or lunches professional …
“I made my choice: I present my resignation.” Referring to the loss of support from his party Democrat, Mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, one of the most unpopular politicians in Italy, finally threw in the towel on Thursday night after agreeing to pay 20,000 euros in restaurant bills paid with credit cards the city
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In a statement posted on his Facebook page earlier in the day, Mayor? left center of the Eternal City has ensured that the expense involved professionals dinners or lunches but he preferred to pay to end the controversy.
The press dissects invoices
Part of the Italian press has indeed begun to dissect all its additions, looking for one that will prove that he had dinner one-on-one with his wife and not with an ambassador or a businessman.
This “dinergate” is just the umpteenth episode of a long series told over and over again in some of the Italian media, the blunders, failures and alleged embezzlement of this former surgeon, renowned far more honest.
A commissioner will manage the city
Given this situation had become untenable, his deputy Marco Causi also responsible for the finances of the municipality, and those responsible for transport and tourism in the municipality of Rome had resigned a few hours earlier.
If the resignation becomes effective in 20 days, the prefect of Rome will appoint a commissioner who will manage the city until the next elections, probably next spring.
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