Italian Minister Resigns Amid Mafia Ties Scandal

On March 24th, Italian Justice Undersecretary Andrea del Mastro has stepped down after revelations

about his business ties to a restaurant connected to.

The Camora Mafia Group This marks the second resignation and

Prime Minister Georgia Malone's government this week, coming right after voters rejected

a key referendum too.

Overhaul Italy's judiciary system.

Del Mastro, from Malone's brothers of Italy party, owned a stake in a Rome eatery alongside

the daughter of a convicted Camora associate.

He claimed he sold his share upon learning of her father's background, but a photo from

last year showed him posing closely with the man, and he never.

Reported the investment to Parliament.

Meanwhile, the Justice Minister's Chief of Staff, Juicy Bartolosi, also resigned for

calling the judiciary a firing squad during the referendum, campaign, urging voters to

support the changes.

These exits pile on the pressure after the referendum's failure.

The first major setback for Malone's right-wing coalition, with 54 percent of.

Italians voting no on the reforms.

Malone quickly accepted both resignations and unusually pressed her tourism minister,

Daniela Santange, to follow suit amid her ongoing faults, accounting trial.

This move signals her push to steady the ship and limit fallout from the judicial vote.

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