Rome prosecutors have requested a
six-month extension for a probe into the father of ex-premier
and centre-left Democratic Party (PD) leader Matteo Renzi,
Tiziano, over alleged wrongdoing related to civil-service
procurement agency CONSIP, sources said Friday.
Tiziano Renzi is being probed for alleged influence-peddling
in the case.
In all, sources said, the extension has ben asked for 11
people.
They also include Carabinieri Commander-in-Chief General
Tullio Del Sette, and the former commander of the Tuscany
Carabinieri, Emanuele Saltalamacchia.
Earlier, sources said the same extension had been asked for
Sports Minister Luca Lotti, for allegedly tipping off CONSIP
chief Luigi Marroni there was a probe into the agency.
An extension was also asked for the businessman at the centre
of the prone, suspected of paying CONSIP a large bribe, Alfredo
Romeo.
Others for whom an extension was asked include: businessman
Carlo Russo, a former MP in ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi's
now-defunct People of Freedom (PdL) party; former PdL MP and
ex-Romeo consultant Italo Bocchino; Grandi Stazioni CEO Silvio
Gizzi; former CONSIP managers Domenico Casalino, Luigi Ferrara
and Francesco Licci; and the president of Pubbliacqua, a
Florence municipally controlled water utility, Filippo Vannoni.
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