Everyone in the Pirellone passionately. Not even Davide Boni resigns, but the sky is getting darker and darker over him and the League. The President of the Lombardy Regional Council is being investigated together with his secretarial boss, Dario Ghezzi, for a alleged round of bribes of over one million euros.
A thoroughbred Northern League supporter, yesterday evening Boni met the supreme leader Umberto Bossi in the Milan headquarters of the Carroccio. He said he was willing to relinquish the mandate, but the Senatùr warned him not to do so. In a country where resignation is considered a sign of weakness rather than a gesture of seriousness and respect for the institutions, the famous "step back" would now be equivalent to an admission of guilt. And to think about the next steps today in via Bellerio the entire staff of the League will meet: Bossi, Calderoli, Maroni.
Meanwhile, however, the investigations are expanding and are becoming increasingly worrying for the green shirts. According to the assistant prosecutor Alfredo Robledo, the bribes in the Region would have served to a large extent to finance the party: money from entrepreneurs to support electoral initiatives.
But that's not enough. From the investigations of the prosecutors a true would emerge Pdl-Lega bribe system, which also seems to involve councilors and former councilors of the Lombard council in a whirlwind of bribes on commercial and residential projects. To date, four out of five members of the regional council's office are under investigation. Not a reassuring sign for Roberto Formigoni, even if obviously he isn't even thinking about resigning.
