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!

A couple of years ago Naples became well known worldwide because of the very many murders taking place. At the end of the year th Minister of Justice published statistics showing that Milan had more omicides than Naples. A guide I saw many many years ago, published in the States, used to warn American tourists to avoid Naples because it was very easy to get abducted for sex orgies, regardless of the gender... Frankly since I lived in Naples I think I never had a decent sex life. Now, I am afraid will not be last, Naples has become very famous due to th fact that Neapolitans are sinking in their own excrements. The city seems to be loaded, packed, filled with rubbish. This doesn't happen in the centre or in the eastern quarters but still it is nice to imagin a city completely loaded with crap. Well... In other parts of Italy the concept of Nimby has taken the leading role and most of non-Neapolitan accuse my fellow citizens of not wanting any polluting solution in their garden... Is it true? I don't think so. It is well known that the main problem of Naples is the local mafia, the Camorra, and that the Camorra is heavily involved in what we call Eco-Mafia. Funny enough in the worst hit areas a company that used to collect rubbish has been banned from doing that due to links with the Camorra. People are just pushed to hit the roads, they get told what to do adn what to say. I know it's no excuse but I still cannot understand how come out politicians managed to get rid of the Red Brigade while all the bloody mafiosa are still enjoying impunity and a life of luxury. Sod all politicians! Especially the Southeners.