PALERMO, Sicily, May 19 (UPI) -- Sicilian Gov. Raffaele Lombardo, accused of Mafia cooperation, has announced his resignation.
ANSA news agency reported Sicily will hold gubernatorial elections on Oct 28 and 29, together with regional assembly elections.
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Prosecutors last month submitted a request to try Lombardo along with his brother Angelo, a member of Parliament and member of Lombardo's Movimento per l'Autonomia party, for allegedly exchanging votes for favors with Santapaola clan member Vincenzo Aiello. Lombardo has denied the allegations.
Aiello was arrested in 2010 on several Mafia charges.