Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: Berlusconi isolated as supporters back away

Berlusconi isolated as supporters back away
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi looked isolated as allies cast doubt on  
his claims that Italy's general election had been rigged and initial  
scrutiny of contested ballots suggested they could not overturn the result.
One coalition partner said the review of ballots would change nothing, and  
a Government minister said Romano Prodi's centre-left coalition had won  
the election and had a right to govern.
Mr Berlusconi has said that the result of the April 9-10 vote, which  
handed Mr Prodi a tiny majority, should be overturned because of  
"widespread" fraud.
Newspapers reported on Thursday that the Prime Minister wanted a recount  
of more than 1 million votes, but a source said President Carlo Azeglio  
Ciampi had refused permission.
Mr Prodi said his election victory would be rubber-stamped soon. "He (Mr  
Berlusconi) is unable to lose, to admit that we won. He will never do  
(it). He is absolutely unable to admit the truth," Mr Prodi said in the  
northern city of Bologna.
"It's not a surprise but, you know, it is only a problem of a few days in  
which everything will be stamped," he added, speaking in English.
On Thursday, results of the recount of some 43,000 contested ballots  
trickled in. In theory these could change the election result, because Mr  
Prodi won a majority of just 24,000 votes in the lower house out of some  
38 million votes cast.
However, preliminary results showed the number of votes being reassigned  
was minimal. There was no evidence of the large-scale fraud that Mr  
Berlusconi referred to.
The recount process, which is being overseen by appeal court judges around  
the country, is not expected to end for several days.
As Mr Berlusconi and Mr Prodi argued over the results, many Italians did  
agree on one thing: they were sick and tired of talking about it.
The stoush has opened the possibility of a political battle dragging on  
for weeks.
"I went to bed as soon as I saw how small Prodi's lead was going to be. I  
couldn't face it. I've been avoiding the newspapers," said Marta Alinghi,  
28, a Roman writer, who voted for the centre-left Union coalition.
"It's disastrous. How can we be governed? What must foreigners think of us  
now?"
Voters disillusioned by weeks of mud-slinging in the lead-up to the  
election are finding little in it to lift their mood.
Newspaper headlines told of an Italy "split", "divided" and "cut in two".  
Mr Prodi's win has also left markets jittery because of his tiny margin.
The unwieldy centre-left coalition, spanning Roman Catholic centrists to  
communists, sought to assuage fears that a season of revolving governments  
may have returned, but many Italians were unconvinced.
"I voted for the left but there's no point in governing if you can't  
govern the way you want and Prodi is going to be trapped. We'll be back at  
the polls in six months - and that's the best option," lawyer Antonio  
Caruccio, 56, said.
In the financial capital of Milan, restaurateur Silvano Cazzaniga also  
expected Italians would soon be voting again.
"It's going to be a mess," he said behind the sandwich counter of his  
bistro.
-- 
Ralph Barker
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