Major blow for Giorgia Meloni: Loses cabinet minister over 'mistress scandal'

The current Italian government is currently in a major fix after one of the cabinet ministers of the giorgia Meloni government was caught in a scandal surrounding his mistress. Giorgia Meloni's cabinet was formed on October 22, 2022. She became Italy's first female Prime Minister, leading a right-wing coalition government, and now after nearly two years into her government, things have taken a bad turn as Gennaro Sangiuliano, the Italian culture minister, ended up apologizing to his wife, for being in an affair with Maria Rosaria Boccia, a self-proclaimed fashion entrepreneur.

What is the latest scandal to hit the Italian government?

The Italian culture minister and Maria Rosaria Boccia, had been apparently seeing each other even after the former was married, something that ended up being aired on national television, with the minister weeping about the same on air, while apologizing to his wife, and even offering to resign.

The allegations against Sangiuliano, are that he had hired his former lover for some consultancy work on behalf of the government, something that Boccia claimed as being an 'adviser to the minister for major events', says the Guardian's report.

Did the Italian culture minister hire his former lover?

The Italian culture ministry initially denied making any such recruitment as being claimed by Boccia but Sangiuliano, ended up admitting that he had indeed considered giving her some consultation work on behalf of the culture ministry and had a word with her about the same. However, he did not explicitly divulge all that was being claimed about him.

Meanwhile, all of this turned into a major blow to the Italian PM and her government as such a scandal puts them in the backseat ahead of major policy decisions in the country.

FAQs:

Is Giorgia Meloni facing a scandal?
Giorgia Meloni is currently facing a major scandal after her own culture minister has been seen as involved in an issue surrounding his mistress.

Why is the Italian culture ministry in a fix?
The Italian culture ministry is in an utter fix after giorgia Meloni's close cabinet minister got involved in a 'mistress scandal'.