Udine mayor probed for vote buying

Udine Mayor Felice Alberto De Toni

has been placed under investigation on suspicion of vote buying,

judicial sources in the Friuli city said Tuesday.

Also under investigation are opposition councilor Stefano Salmè

and his partner, Daniela Perissutti, vice president of "Arriva

Udine," a publicly held local and suburban public transportation

company, TV 12 reported.

The case stems from a complaint filed in 2024 by twelve

opposition councilors, except Salmè, asking the judiciary to

open investigations into two incidents: a pre-runoff agreement

with Ivano Marchiol—who was appointed councilor after De Toni's

election—and the appointment of Daniela Perissutti in exchange,

again, for electoral support.

Both cases were dismissed, but the councilors who signed the

complaint objected to the Salmè case, and so the investigating

judge, Cinzia Del Torre, has scheduled a hearing for next

September.

At that time, the judge is expected to decide whether to

definitively dismiss the case or order the public prosecutor to

conduct further investigations.

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