This article published Sunday, May 10, the website of the English text "The Guardian". The journalist is Tana de Zulueta:
So much for the pain, privacy and quiet dignity that he had promised. After learning that his 48-hour Mogie intended to file for divorce, Berlusconi has invited car in a popular television talk show to give his version of what, in fact, seemed to be a very bleak story. "It 's true that I go out with minors," he announced. Here it was the Italian prime minister, 72 years, twice married, five children, while waved the crumpled newspaper in his hands, with the photograph of his wife's quiet on the wall of the study, claiming that she had been hopelessly misled by the "left-wing newspapers." We looked and we shuddered.
At least some of us did. Incredibly, the popularity of Berlusconi has not been affected by the dispute with the long-suffering wife, Veronica Lario. Not even the appearance of a hitherto unknown eighteen states that the prime minister to call "Daddy" was able to shake his supporters flexible. According to a poll by Ipsos published in Italy last week, 69% of Italians claim that "politicians should be judged for their actions and not their private lives." In its protest heard, Lario has touched a sensitive spot of the Italian psyche: the children. He should have hit and was intended to do so. Berlusconi had not only abused the parliamentary selection process, and democracy itself, but also had forgotten the birthday of their children.
Lario said he believed "surprised" to learn that her husband had secretly attended the birthday party of eighteen Letizia, in the suburbs of Naples. He also added that her husband has never been present at the birthday of eighteen children, "although he had been invited."
did not seem nice. The party in Naples was an extraordinary story, even by the standards of self-gratification of Berlusconi. The birthday girl announced that she and her mother, a beautician, were close friends of the prime minister and that he, for his birthday, had given her a gold necklace with a pendant. Later the girl told a local reporter that she and the prime minister were so close that she often traveled to Rome or Milan to keep him company and to do relax sometimes duets at karaoke.
Many Italians, including myself, are beginning to wonder if we woke up in the court of Louis XIV Berlusconi Initially dismissive, has hardened the tone early. In addition to being a conspiracy aiming for the media left, "the lady" as she began to call his wife, was clearly suffering from nerves, "as happens to women."
The day after his first voyage, the Lario was reminded not to turn against Silvio. The Journal, of which Berlusconi is the owner's brother, called it as "the enemy of the Italian majority." The editor of another newspaper, Libero, went further, with a photograph on the front page of a very young Lario showing her breasts on stage during a theatrical performance, with the caption: "Veronica-showgirl ungrateful. "
The next day, Lario gave his second interview to announce his intention to divorce." I can not stay with a man who consorts with minors, "she was assigned. After the first outlet of the lake, most of the young girls who had been selected to attend a three day course on Europe and its institutions have been quietly removed from the list. They were understandably disappointed. The attractive seat in the European Parliament should be seemed at hand, and their mentors had included three ministers, including the Italian foreign minister, Franco Frattini. The father of an aspiring candidate has particularly upset tried to set themselves on fire in front of the residence in central Rome to Berlusconi.
Then Tuesday, the Catholic bishops' newspaper, "The Future" has issued an unusually critical article, to warn the prime minister about "an obvious weakness of the flower of the youth of the young actresses" and express the hope that adopt a more sober style. It 'was a warning that Berlusconi has decided to listen through a presence on prime time television. For two hours, with great effort has defined his version of events, compared to undisturbed uncomfortable questions. His wife has been maneuvered. There were never intended tissue to the European Parliament. The stop in Naples was a meeting with an old friend and his family.
Berlsuconi acts as if he had any camera were facing. It has three national channels and a high level, also appoints the heads of the public network RAI. The editors of three national newspapers were invited to participate in the broadcast that ended up being a job for men, in the absence of Veronica. Each had a question, but they tried to stick to generalities. It was clear who commanded at that time.
Giovanni Sartori, a columnist and professor of constitutional law, has just published a book on politics ittaliana the catchy title, "The Sultanate. "In it, describes how the Italian constitution and its control mechanisms have been weakened, rather than openly challenged by a wily Berlusconi, who is now in its third term. No reference to the sultan and his harem is mentioned, rather it speaks of a strong and ambitious man with a very personal conception of power. In light of recent events, the title, however, seems surprisingly appropriate, the book offers a dispassionate chronicle of the work of growth of Italian democracy, its growing docile media, a weak political opposition and an independent judiciary under siege.
Lario's attorney announced that his client will not grant more interviews. Too bad, because he has mounted one of the few successful challenges to the mystique of Berlusconi. " I came to wonder," was given to "what kind of country we live." Many of us are asking. And we are appalled by the fact that she so much as a political climate that provides for the promotion of tissue in the parliament does not seem to shock or surprise the majority of Italians. "For some strange alchemy, this country seems to forgive all and everything to justify his new emperor. Excellent conclusion, Veronica.
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