5-Star Movement (M5S) leader
Luigi Di Maio said Monday that he was more worried about
vote-buying conditioning next year's general election than fake
news and repeated his call for OSCE observers to be called in.
Democratic Party (PD) leader and ex-premier Matteo Renzi at
the weekend called on the anti-establishment M5S and the
rightwing, anti-migrant League to give clarification after
reports that those parties could be the intended beneficiaries
of sites producing fake news.
"I am more worried about vote buying than fabricated reports,
although this is not an issue to underestimate," Di Maio said.
"If Renzi lost (in recent local elections) it is because he
produced fake news by making promises to the Italian people that
he did not keep".
Renzi said the PD will produce a report every two weeks on
the origin of fake news reports.
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