Gone ?

Thousands of people rallied in Rome to celebrate Beerlusconi's resignation. It was impressive, really what you see when a dirty regime falls. And I would have loved to be there.

But I am far from celebrating. He is a crook, this is known, surrounded by desperate crooks who see their future endangered. The endangered species of Berlusconi's friends. As only the right can do, like in the USA against Obama, Berlusconi's allies started shooting at Mario Monti expected to become the next Prime Minister. A respected person against a crazy crook, this they cannot envisage. And the most violent are the betrayers, those who jumped in Berlusconi's wagon from the left or the extreme right.

The game is not over, Napolitano cannot do everything on his own, the left groups play their usual tricks that returned Italy to Berlusconi in 2008, the Church is active with the so called Christian Democrats, another unreliable group that survives thanks to the funds given to his leader by his father in law (it doesn’t  matter for the Church that fact that the guy, Casini, married twice, he is useful....) that moves with the wind....

We are not there yet and even if Monti makes it, the legacy of 17 years of Berlusconi's power will not go away so fast.

Crossing fingers but quite pessimistic tonight