Prime Minister Enrico Letta accepted the resignation of the Minister for Equal Opportunities, Sports and Youth Policies Josefa Idem after a long conversation yesterday afternoon. The minister, the multiple Olympic canoe medalist, had in recent days been hit by the scandal over alleged building abuses in her home-gym, where, again on Monday, checks by the Commercial police began. “I have thought several times about her resignation in recent days – said Idem-. As Minister I have held out these days because many had told me that these moments are part of the 'game'."
The seat left empty will not be filled by a single successor. In fact, Enrico Letta has declared that he wants to distribute the proxies among the other ministers. “I have taken note of Minister Idem's irrevocable will to resign – said President Letta -. I am convinced that the correctness and moral rigor that I know to be among the distinctive traits of Idem and for which I chose her and asked her to join the government will quickly emerge, and in all their clarity".
