Fashion entrepreneur and influencer
Maria Rosaria Boccia, who is at the centre of a scandal that led
to the resignation of culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano last
week, said on Tuesday that she is "determined to prove the truth
of my virtue, especially out of love for the Italian republic
and democracy".
In a post on Instagram, the would-be advisor to Sangiuliano who
claims to have had access to confidential email exchanges
regarding the upcoming G7 Culture meeting and that public money
was spent on her involvement in official engagements and trips
wrote that, "if a whim is in charge of government action, then
we are already at a passage towards a new form of government:
dictatorship.
"The principle of preservation of dictatorship lies precisely on
a dictator's whim", said the entrepreneur, whose version of
events has been disputed by Sangiuliano.
Boccia, who is set to appear on the Carta Bianca program of
Mediaset's Retequattro on Tuesday night, said she is defending
her "dignity and honour as a woman and citizen", adding that
they have been "blemished by the culture minister's insults" and
that she has "never received official apologies" and has "often
been threatened with lawsuits".
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