Ex-premier Massimo D'Alema on
Wednesday said he would sue Italian media for defamation over
allegedly false statements made about him in relation to a
bribes probe concerning on the Bay of Naples island of Ischia.
He said reports "are forcing me to sue, (which) is
something I will do starting today (against) the many individual
journalists and television, radio and press organizations, who
said false and patently defamatory" things.
On Tuesday, reports circulated that D'Alema could be
questioned as part of an investigation into alleged bribes paid
to obtain public contracts on Ischia.
Ten people were arrested in relation to the probe on
Monday, including the island's mayor, Giuseppe 'Giosi'
Ferrandino.
Ferrandino, mayor for seven years, is a member of Premier
Matteo Renzi's centre-left Democratic Party (PD), to which
D'Alema also belongs.
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