Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: Italy's left warns of authoritarianism

Italy's left warns of authoritarianism
By Guy Dinmore in Rome
Published: June 20 2008 23:02 | Last updated: June 20 2008 23:02
Italy under Silvio Berlusconi is moving towards authoritarianism, a veteran 
voice of the left has declared, as the opposition broke off talks on 
constitutional reform with the centre-right government on Friday.
The "honeymoon" period that the prime minister has enjoyed since his 
election victory in April appears to be over, with Mr Berlusconi accused of 
fixing a law to halt his own corruption trial and initiating a 
constitutional conflict with Giorgio Napolitano, Italy's president.
Eugenio Scalfari, the 84-year-old founder of La Repubblica, Italy's main 
centre-left daily newspaper, accused Mr Berlusconi of using the popular 
consensus he enjoyed in his first days back in office to try to modify the 
structures of the state, enhancing the powers of the prime minister at the 
expense of the judiciary.
"I am convinced that Italy is moving towards authoritarianism," Mr Scalfari 
said in an interview in the newspaper's headquarters in Rome, where his 
columns are widely respected and seen as a key influence within the new 
opposition Democratic party.
"What is happening is comparable to what [prime minister and former 
president Vladimir] Putin is trying to do in Russia," he added.
The former chief editor said the centre-right government had used a "TV 
culture" to create a sense of fear over security, then produced the 
"solution" by announcing the deployment of troops for city crime patrols, 
although their slim presence would have little impact.
This week, the Senate passed a proposed measure that would take away the 
judiciary's constitutional right to prioritise trials by suspending court 
cases involving alleged crimes committed before mid-2002 and carrying 
sentences of less than 10 years. Among the trials that would be frozen are 
Mr Berlusconi's own, involving accusations that the billionaire media mogul 
and David Mills, a British lawyer, sought to corrupt a magistrate. Both deny 
the charges.
Another trial involves police accused of severely beating anti-globalisation 
demonstrators during the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001.
Mr Berlusconi, who also wants immunity for holders of high office, says the 
moves were necessary to speed up urgent trials and to block "politically 
motivated" cases against him.
The Berlusconi-Mills trial is due to resume in Milan on July 7, the court 
confirmed, despite efforts by the prime minister's lawyers to remove one of 
the judges.
Mr Scalfari said Mr Napolitano, whose signature is needed on the 
legislation, had been put in a difficult position. He thought the president 
would grudgingly sign, but refer the issue to the constitutional court.
Mr Scalfari's assessment - and criticism of the weak response from the 
Democrats - have had a galvanising impact. Walter Veltroni, the party 
leader, announced at a party assembly in Rome on Friday that he would 
mobilise demonstrations across Italy in the autumn, and confirmed he was 
breaking off constitutional reform talks with Mr Berlusconi.
Mr Veltroni's call to the piazza for street protests is risky. His party's 
split with former allies among the communists and greens has alienated many 
supporters.
The centre-right, meanwhile, has sought to take the sting out of possible 
labour unrest by announcing cash handouts for the needy. But analysts say 
that - like its 2001-06 predecessor - the Berlusconi government risks being 
diverted from implementing necessary economic reforms through its battles 
with the judiciary.
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2008
-- 
http://snipurl.com/2aqpa
SCEGLI LA LIBERTA' DALLE IDEOLOGIE STRAGISTE, VOTA CONTRO IL COMUNISMO, 
clicca sul link e vai a leggere la petizione, poi se sei d'accordo, 
VOTALA!!! Grazie.
http://firmiamo.it/noalcomunismo
Noi guardiamo con sovrano disprezzo talune dottrine d'oltralpe, di gente che 
ignorava la scrittura, con la quale tramandare i documenti della propria 
vita, quando Roma aveva Cesare, Virgilio e Augusto!
Dux mea lux
(Cit.filippo)
 Poi che hanno sbagliato pure quelli del nord è un'altra cosa....comunque
 hanno tolto la monnezza dai propri compaesani
 quindi tra di loro si "amano"

 E' un articolo contro Berlusconi e contro il centrodestra italiano.
ROTFL!!! 


Perche ha letto che c'era un articolo critico verso i giudici e lui da bravo
soldatino lo ha copiato ed incollato.
Solo che non sa l'inglese ed ha postato l'articolo sbagliato.
--------------------------------
Inviato via 
http://arianna.libero.it/usenet/

 wrote:
leggi qui coglione:
http://www.repubblica.it/2008/06/sezioni/politica/partito-democratico-17/bilancio-roma/bilancio-roma.html
ciao coglione.
e delinquente ovviamente
-- 
rafrasnaffra
nulla si crea e nulla si distrugge: tutto si fakizza

E' la mia stessa identica impressione :)
Fesso, quell'articolo e' come se l'autore avesse intervistato te per
dare un giudizio sul governo di Berlusconi...e poi vi meravigliate se
vi diamo dei coglioni :))