Overview

• Manlio Messina officially left the Fratelli d’Italia parliamentary group and ruled out joining any other party.
• He said he will assess in the coming days whether to resign his seat in the Chamber of Deputies.
• Fratelli d’Italia’s internal disciplinary council heard ARS president Gaetano Galvagno and tourism assessor Elvira Amata on allegations of fund misuse.
• The Palermo prosecutor’s office is investigating alleged corruption and peculato in regional tourism funding that involves multiple assembly officials.
• Party leadership is relying on disciplinary and judicial processes to contain turmoil in its Sicilian branch and reinforce accountability.