MAFIA

A couple of days ago, in one of his delirious speeches, Berlusconi came out with a new pledge: I will destroy the Mafia.

Indeed he has the right credentials:

- his party was founded by a friend of his, M. dell'Utri, now MP in his party, and also condemned to 9 year imprisonment for Mafia and still under investigation for other mafia related affairs (he was elected so that he would be protected by the MPs immunity);

- he declared that his house aide, condemned to life imprisonment for Mafia, was in fact a "hero" (sic);

- since one year, and in spite of a 570 pages report by the local government representative (Prefetto) in charge, among others of security, asking for the dismissal of the Fondi's (a city in the South) civil council, he has refused to do so to the point that the national association of Prefetti has issued a formal public complaint.

- and several books were published showing that the Mafia financed the initial mage construction projects of Berlusconi.

Unless we misunderstood, as usual....Was he talking about another Mafia, that controls less than 10% of Italian TV while he controls the 90%, or that of the Press that dares to aski him questions....

Or, worse, thinking at the one who had managed to destroy the Mafia, Mussolini, he is preparing a request to get the same powers Mussolini had with the excuse of the fight against Mafia,

Whatever, one more bluff, one more idiotic promise made during a TV speech....Sad but we are getting used to it.

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