Overview
- Daily La Verità alleged that Quirinale adviser Francesco Saverio Garofani discussed a national civic list to counter the right and spoke of a “providential jolt.”
- The Presidency of the Republic issued a rare, blunt statement expressing astonishment and saying the reconstruction was an attack that “sconfinando nel ridicolo.”
- FDI House leader Galeazzo Bignami first urged an immediate denial of the report, then clarified his request was directed at Garofani rather than the president or the institution.
- Director Maurizio Belpietro stood by the article and said he has a recording of the adviser’s remarks, while no independent verification has been published and the adviser has not issued a public denial.
- PD, M5S and Avs pressed for an urgent briefing from Giorgia Meloni, as government aide Giovanbattista Fazzolari stressed there were never doubts about President Sergio Mattarella’s institutional loyalty.