While the government crisis in Italy was on the world agenda, the latest allegations made a great impact in the country. An official from the coalition partner League Party headed by Matteo Salvini and an official from the Russian Embassy in Rome; The claim that the League has spoken about whether it has any intention to withdraw from the government has led to various reactions in the country. Here are the details…
THE INTERVIEW THAT GOT ATTENTION
In the news published by La Stampa newspaper on the right-wing League Party and its leader Salvini, whose close relations with Russia have been the subject of discussion before, it is stated that Moscow is closely interested in the instability of the Italian government, and in this context, Salvini’s international relations adviser Antonio Capuano’s Russian It was noted that he met with Oleg Kostyukov, one of the embassy officials, at the end of May.
In the news, which was based on intelligence sources, it was stated that Kostyukov asked Capuano whether the ministers belonging to the League intend to resign from Draghi’s government.
THE GOVERNMENT CRASHED WHEN SUPPORT WAS WITHDRAWED
In the news, it was reminded that the Draghi government collapsed as a result of withdrawing the support of the coalition parties 5 Star Movement, Forza Italia and League Party on 21 July.
After the news that resonated in the country, Prime Ministry Security Undersecretary Franco Gabrielli stated that the intelligence units in the La Stampa newspaper did not report such a meeting and that they were not the source.
The newspaper, on the other hand, stated that it was behind its news and noted that the intelligence documents related to the talks mentioned in the news were unofficial summary transcripts.
In the news published in the newspaper La Repubblica on the subject, it was reminded that the 5 Star Movement and the League pulled their support to the Draghi government, causing the government to disintegrate, and stated that Russia had a concrete interest in the destabilization of Italy.
HERE ARE THE REACTIONS TO THE CLAIMS
League leader Salvini, on the other hand, described the allegations in the La Stampa newspaper as “falsehood” and said the news was a lie.
Enrico Letta, the leader of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD), expressed that they want to know the truth regarding the allegations in the news, “Today, the news in the press about the ties between Salvini and Putin’s Russia is disturbing. It starts with a stain.” said.
Letta stated that the possibility of the collapse of the Draghi government due to the ties between Salvini and Russia is a very serious situation, and Salvini could not completely deny this.
The PD leader stressed that they will take these allegations to the parliament’s security and intelligence unit.
Luigi Di Maio, the leader of the Together for the Future (IpF) movement, who is currently the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet, also called for the allegations to be clarified.
WHAT HAPPENED?
After the collapse of the broad-participation coalition government led by Mario Draghi in Italy on July 21, President Sergio Mattarella dissolved the parliament and it was decided to hold early general elections on September 25. (AA)