ZEROS ARE IMMATERIAL

Zeros are immaterial

Last Saturday, MUGABERLU* had called his supporters to demonstrate “against the opposition” ! The day before the rally, it was known that instructions had been given to all ministers and close supporters to declare that one million people had attended it.

And so it was, not the number of participants but the declaration….”We are one million” stated the head of Berlusconi’s party.

Regrettably for them, the police authorities estimated the participants at less than 150,000. And also Berlusca and Co they seem to ignore new technologies. That same day, the website of a magazine, published aerial pictures of the square of the rally, showing pictures of the rally itself and of another rally where the police had estimated the attendance of 650,000 demonstrators. Such pictures confirmed police estimates.

Difficult for MUGABERLU to attack also the police as “communist” since tre Interior minister is a member of his cabinet and vetted the estimates….

And in a way, MUGABERLU recognized the fact. Since then he repeats that the estimates do not matter: what matters was the attitude of the demonstrators.

Will such low attendance be reflected also in a loss in support for Berlusocni at the next regional elections to take place in a few days ? he seems terrorized by the possible increase of non voters. Let us cross fingers and hope…..




* see http://aprile25.blogspot.com/2010/03/mugaberlu.html