The portly Durigon set off a storm last weej saying that the squafre named in memory of the murdered Sicilian anti-mafia crimefighters Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino should be named instead after the Duce's brother Arnaldo, a key figure in the Italian Fascist regime.

 League leader Matteo Salvini was on the stage together with Durigon. Salvini made no objection to the proposal.

 

 Fatto Quotidiano newspaper commented that Durigon's proposal meant that he is "totally incompatible with the position that he is supposed to carry out with discipline and honour," and "an authentic betrayal of the Constitution, born from ant-Fascist values, on which Durigon swore loyalty last March 1," when taking office.

 

 Former prime minister Giuseppe Conte called the proposal by the League luminary "abhorrent," saying that it was intended to cancel "years of struggle against the mafia so as to resore the memory of the Fascist regime."

Another former prime minister, Democratic Party leader Enrico Letta, said Durigon's remarks were "incompatible with him remaining in the government."

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