Inquiry into companies, storm over Santanchè. The opposition calls for his resignation

ROME – Resignation. The request comes like a razor at the opening of proceedings in the Chamber, immediately after the commemoration of Silvio Berlusconi. No one in the majority expected it. Three days after the investigation of Reports on business activities Daniela Santanche – welcomed by the grave silence of the center-right and of the Minister of Tourism herself, despite the heavy charges against unpaid suppliers, employees left without severance indemnities and unlawful dismissals in the face of lavish compensation collected – there was a widespread belief that the case would deflate like a soap bubble.