Opposition Calls for Discipline Against FdI's Bignami Over Scalfaro Claim

Opposition parties are calling for disciplinary action against FdI's Bignami for making offensive and false statements about former President Scalfaro. They have written to Fontana, urging sanctions for Bignami's remarks.

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Opposition call for FdI's Bignami to be disciplined over false Scalfaro claim

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 7 - The Lower House whips of Italy's opposition parties on Friday wrote to Speaker Lorenzo Fontana calling on him to take disciplinary action against Galeazzo Bignami, the caucus head of Premier Giorgia Meloni's right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, for falsely saying that late, former Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro released 300 mafia convicts. Bignami made the claim on Wednesday during debate on whether to grant a request from Rome prosecutors for access to cha...

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First report: la-repubblica · 7 Aug, 11:21|Full coverage: 2 · 2h|Window: 2h

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L’opposizione scrive a Fontana: “Sanzioni Bignami per le frasi offensive su Scalfaro”

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Opposition Calls for Discipline Against FdI's Bignami Over Scalfaro Claim

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L’opposizione scrive a Fontana: “Sanzioni Bignami per le frasi offensive su Scalfaro”

Opposition call for FdI's Bignami to be disciplined over false Scalfaro claim

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