Berlusconi IV is born. My considerations

I never thought that my thirst for justice and the need to continue what was the fight against corrupt politicians started by Antonio di Pietro and other judges all over Italy, would have been quenched by a sort of National Unity Parliament. I do not say government, because the new Italian government is composed only by members of the winning coalition and the speakers of the two houses of Parliament come from the winning coalition.

Mr. Berlusconi's speech at the Houses has been moderated and witty.
Seems like thanks to Veltroni, Berlusconi has lost his usual paranoia about communists and thinks that now he can be a moderated.
During the beginning electoral campaign he was very relaxed, until he saw that the Democratic Party started gaining some ground, then he started with the usual communist palaver and accusing the former government of having monopolised the Institutions having the first three figures of the State a past (or present) in Communist Party or Trade Unionist, or both. Napolitano, the Head of State, was seen as a Communist and not someone who was communist.

Now, the honey moon has started and Berlusconi seems to be in love with Napolitano and seems like he was someone from his party. Words of appreciation to Napolitano are heard every single day. Even the Northern League boss, Bossi, has declared that Napolitano and him are good friends. Anyway, it seems like the new government is honeymooning with the country and part of the opposition. In a country where we are used to see personal attacks every day, some people seem, all of a sudden, to have evolved to a more European standard. Is it really due to the fact that there are less parties represented in Parliament? I frankly think that the main reason is due to the fact that the anti political spirit in Italy is growing and the vote to Parties like the Northern League and the Di Pietro Justice movement are a proof of people being fed up. What I fear is the absence of a true opposition but, at the same time, I feel that this government has all chances of doing a good job in the interest of the countries... Doe this mean that I am confident? Yes and No. Yes, that they will come with some proposals to change the country. No, because the true opposition, those 3 million people that are still left wing hardliners will protest to every single decision the government will take, paralysing the country and creating problems to our finances.


The only true opposition party in the Parliament is now Di Pietro's Party. He has declared that he doesn't trust Berlusconi and that Veltroni is far too lenient towards his political agenda. This is true but, Dear Tonino di Pietro, let's stop it once and for all looking at the past. I am the first one to want people in jail but this is because I got no other special needs to satisfy at the moment. People in Italy are starving and this is not a joke. People need money, safety, work and good services. Even the leaders of the French Revolution were killed by the people that hailed them during the turmoils. please get real and, yes, fight for a "clean" country, but look forward and not backwards.

Time to go Mr Prodi

I still cannot believe that Prodi is holding is Premiership with the teeth... Mr. Mastella, the disgraced justice minister that resigned after allegation of corruption charges and reported already in this Blog, is looking for the coalition solidarity in exchange of the support from his party to the government. He is shooting on former judge Di Pietro and Pecorario Scanio (the environmental minister accused of being the main culprit in Campania rubbish mess). Mr Mastella has been accusing the investigating judges of being inadequate to the job and being openly against him, his wife and his party.

Frankly I would rather resign than showing solidarity to someone that has made of his party his own kingdom and holds the tight grip on Campania's politics and has taken the place of the old lords swept away from the Bribesville scandal in which Di Pietro, now a minister of the incumbent government, was the key figure.

Come on, do a favour to Italy, resign!

in the meantime the leader of the Democratic Party,  Walter Veltroni, has declared of being fedup with all this cheap blackmailing going on concerning the election law and he has publicly announced that the DP will be running next elections alone,  without any other coalition party, no matter which law will be used to vote. He has invited Berlusconi's Forza Italia to do the same. Strong criticism have fallen on him from every sector of the Parliament and even within his own party the fear of losing the power is strong. I think that this is the first serious declaration that Veltroni has made since his election at leader of the newly formed party and I hope that Berlusconi will accept to do the same with Forza Italia. I guess that the majority of the Italians would be very happy to see a true election challenge between the two parties. But, as Penelope's work, every night whatever has been done in the day is normally undone... Waiting for Ulysses to come back... In this case I think we are just waiting either for Godot or for someone with a big charisma to bring down the whole establishment once and for all and continue what Bribesville didn't manage to do: destroy this fake democratic system we have.

On january 20th, Pecoraro Scanio, the environment Minister accused by the centrist of being the cause of the rubbish crisis in Campania, has declared that if he doesn't get support from the majority he might call the day... So we have two politicians accusing each other and both looking for the smpathy of the government they are part of... cool!

Banana Republic seen from China

Seen at this latitude, my country seems like an underdeveloped country that has just come out of a 100 years of dictatorship. While French people got nothing better to think about but their president’s personal affairs, Italy is still far from reaching this stage. We are still looking at democratic emergencies and no time yet to look at sexual behaviours of our politicians or their love stories.

This morning I have accessed the website of the Corriere della Sera newspaper and I read:

Mr. Mastella (Justice Minister) being investigated and his wife placed under arrests at her home place. Lady Mastella is a politican as well. The accusation are of corruption charges and many (23 as at today) members of the UDEUR centrist party are being accused and arrested.

Nothing new under the sun of corrupted Italy. But what I find new are the accusations of the Justice Minister to the judges, that reflect Mr. Berlusconi’s views after he has been placed under investigation many ma ny times since he entered politics in 1994. What it’s even worse is the fact that Mastella’s allies are showing solidarity with him, while they never did with Berlusconi, and with the usual exception of Mr. Di Pietro (former judge and main figure in the Bribesville scandal that wiped off out political class – but never completed, unfortunately) that still defends the autonomy of the magistrates.

Then I read about Benedict XVI that has been invited amid strong protests not to participate to a conference at a Roman University. The sentence that has put the German Sheppard under enemy fire has been a comment made by Ratzinger in 1990 about Feyerabend’s thought about Galileo Galilei… “The Church trial against Galileo was fair and due…”

From these two episodes alone you can understand that Italy is still trying to become a lay state. Mrs. Mastella said that the judges are attacking her and the husband because they are catholic! In Italy, folks, we are still persecuting Christians! Can you believe that?

While the Referendum to change the electoral law has been approved by the highest constitutional court the “rats” in the parliament are trying to make sure that the referendum can be avoided. They are afraid that with the referendum going ahead they might lose their comfortable chairs! I hope we will reach the referendum, even if they can still change the law before we go to vote and we will have wasted another fortune.

Other news? Ok… Capello is under investigation for tax evasion… So? Where is the news? The only news is tha AC Milan has been thrown out of Italy’s Cup by Catania, and I toast to that!
That’s all folks!