Si puo fare … again.
Yes, it’s true, Silvio Berlusconi is Italy’s Prime Minister once again. This will be the third time that Berlusconi has governed his country. And you know what they say about the third time – time for another face lift!
Not only has Silvio been tight with George W. Bush and the United States’ foreign policy regarding the invasion of Iraq, he’s also managed to dodge financial corruption charges for years on his way to becoming a self-made billionaire by basically just changing the statute of limitations to his favor. However, what’s most disturbing about Italy’s right turn is that Berlusconi effectively controls 90% of all national television broadcasting, which without a doubt should disqualify him from office due to conflict of interests. And if there’s one thing The Diplomat is certain of, a country without a free press is a country without democracy.
Reporters Sans Frontières (Reporters Without Borders) conducts an annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index and ranked Italy 39th in press freedom, falling from a free press country to now only a partially-free press country. Let’s hope Berlusconi stops the tomfoolery and instead focuses on bringing freedom and economic stability back to the people.
Viva Italia!
Tags: Berlusconi, Italy, Politics, The Undiplomat
April 20, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Forza, Italia indeed. I don’t think we need to worry too much about the Italians. They produced Wu Ming, after all.