Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) is in disarray following a disastrous start to its rule in Rome city hall, potentially denting its chances of winning power at a national level. [...]
Since her landslide victory, Raggi has struggled to make her mark. She took weeks to put together her team as party factions battled to impose their candidates for the top jobs and she drew criticism for offering big salaries to some of her staffers.
Last week five city officials, including the head of finance, quit in a chain reaction after Italy's anti-corruption agency said Raggi had not followed the correct bureaucratic procedures when she chose her chief of staff.
Still struggling to overcome the walkout, Raggi triggered fresh angst when she appeared before a parliamentary commission on Monday alongside Paola Muraro, the person she had appointed to sort out Rome's long-running rubbish collection problems.
During the hearing, Muraro revealed that she had found out in July that she had been placed under investigation for alleged malpractice in her previous job as a highly paid consultant at the city's AMA trash collection company.
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