Catania: Amember of the Sicilian regional assembly, Giuseppe Castiglione, was among several people arrested on Monday in relation to a probe coordinated by prosecutors in Catania, sources said. Castiglione, the head of the Popolari e Autonomisti (Populars and Autonomists) caucus in the assembly, is accused of voting buying, the sources said.
According to Ansa News Agency, Castiglione was elected to the regional assembly in November 2022 and held positions in the regional Anti-Mafia Commission and in the Institutional Affairs and Production Activities Commission. Before his election to the regional assembly, he served as a city councillor in Catania.