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Berlusconi e Previti
Tacito aveva perfettamente ragione, probabilmente molto più di quanto potesse immaginare. Dopo il recente “onore” concesso al nostro Presidente del Consiglio, “onore” che a detta dei suoi alleati dovrebbe gonfiare d’orgoglio il cuore di ogni italiano, giunge una nota piuttosto stonata dall’Atlantico: nel rapporto annuale sui diritti umani nel mondo redatto dal Dipartimento di Stato statunitense si leggono conclusioni quantomeno interessanti sullo stesso Presidente del Consiglio che ha parlato di giustizia al congresso americano, ne riporto una parte particolarmente significativa:

Defendants often took advantage of the slow pace of justice to delay trials through extensive pleas or appeals. In one high-level case in May, the courts dropped a bribery charged filed against Prime Minister Berlusconi which related to events in the early 1990s surrounding the purchase of a large publishing house; the court ruled the statute of limitations had expired. In October a court in Milan acquitted Prime Minister Berlusconi of charges that one of his companies (Finivest) engaged in falsified accounting between 1989 and 1995; the court ruled that the case exceeded the statute of limitations. In December Prime Minister Berlusconi’s former lawyer and ex-Minister of Defense was convicted of corruption and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by an appeals court in a case that involved a judge and the holding company of the prime minister; he is appealing the decision to the court of cassation. In 2001 the Berlusconi government passed a law shortening the statute of limitations for this kind of crime.

Ogni ulteriore commento sarebbe del tutto inutile, rimando alle fonti: il rapporto in questione, l’articolo dell’Unità e l’articolo su centomovimenti.com.

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