The Chamber denied permission to act against Pietro Lunardi. The former Minister of Infrastructure, now deputy of the PDL, is under investigation for corruption along with the Archbishop of Naples, Sepe, on charges that he bought from Propaganda Fide, in 2004, the special price of € 3 million 4.5 millions CAD) a entire five-story building. Estimated 8 million euro in the historic center of Rome, the building was purchased in exchange for public funding of 2 and a half million euro for the renovation of a church building in Piazza di Spagna.
The opinion of the board for permits, which stipulated the return of documents to the college for ministerial crimes court in Perugia, was approved with 292 votes in favor, 254 against and 2 abstentions.
After purchasing the property, brokered by Angelo Balducci, Lunardi would get to the congregation of the Holy See a funding of 2 and a half million euro for the construction of a museum in the headquarters of the Congregation for the Evengelizatione Gentium, in Piazza di Spagna . Involved in the investigation are also the contractor and the architect Angelo Zampolini and Diego Anemone.(well known in Italy for other scandals)
Unusually To vote in the House there was a large squad of ministers and secretaries. Against the majority report of the Board who voted for Authorisation PD, IDV and UDC.(opposition parties)
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