Giuseppe Conte wants to meet with Lega undersecretary Armando Siri on Monday and from Beijing denies feeling conditioned by the pentastellatos and Lega, saying: "There is a human dimension that I do not neglect, but when I summarize the position of the Government it cannot be decisive. There is a path of rationality. If I were to convince myself that Siri must leave I don't think there are alternatives. No one is attached to the chair. If that were my determination, I will find a way to get off the chair".
The evaluation, Conte specifies, must be made in the light of the explanations I will be given, but also of the problem of citizens' trust in institutions.
Luigi Di Maio in an interview with Corriere della Sera: first it is said that it is safe Conte will force Siri to resign and then asks the Carroccio to distance himself from Paolo Arata, the professor he also investigated, drafter of the League's energy program proposed by the Carroccio to the wind entrepreneur Vito Nicastri investigated for the mafia.
The League must clarify the role of Arata - says Di Maio - considering that the son was hired by Giorgetti.
Just Giorgetti is also called into question by the Northern League's Roberto Maroni, who in the Press maintains that the real danger for the Government's hold comes from this affair, rather than from Siri. Giorgetti replies: “Maroni is simply trying to get back into the game. I work all the days for this Government, I am not the problem ". Giorgetti then defends Siri: "Conte is a professor and a lawyer, he will see the papers and understand".
Matteo Salvini from Sicily glosses: "We think we all work". Salvini's closest collaborators say that Giuseppe Conte has not yet seen Siri and has not yet confronted Salvini.
The Northern League's Agriculture Minister, Gian Carlo Hundred, excludes a Conte initiative without comparison with the League and to Radio24 microphones said: «Sand it would have been done without the agreement of the political force that expressed it would be very serious: the confidence in the Prime Minister would disappear».