Overview
- Piero Tatafiore announced his immediate and irrevocable resignation as chief press officer, apologizing for using institutional tools for political communications.
- The ministry’s press office sent three communiqués from its official mailing list urging support for Edmondo Cirielli during the final stretch of the Campania campaign.
- Democratic Party lawmakers condemned the messages as a serious institutional breach and said they will file parliamentary questions to seek accountability.
- Minister Alessandro Giuli rejected allegations of improper use of institutional communication, while ministry sources called the resignation a necessary and irreversible step.
- Reports indicated Tatafiore had passed documents to his private communications firm, Utopia, raising conflict-of-interest concerns as the regional vote approaches.