Parliament must face up to the problem of the conflict of interests as soon as possible. The Italian system must be adjusted to that of other western democracies with the adoption of a model that prevents conflicts of interests between institutional positions and the direct exercise of patrimonial activity.

The radio and television system is to be liberalised. Today it is an oligarchy with a public body under the authority of the parties and a single individual. This is an impediment to the development of a free market. Thus it is necessary to create the conditions for the presence of more than one private organisation and the release of one or two public networks should be evaluated.

Some concessionaires of public services in the sector of radio and TV frequencies have altered and are altering the rules of democratic elections with the deceitful, abnormal and predominant use of the communication media, especially in periods of the election campaign.

To overcome this anomaly, it is not sufficient to have blind trust or to use legislative alchemy, because as Travaglio says “the trust is blind but the owner is clearly visible”. Thus the solution can only be the ineligibility of candidates as owners of radio and TV concessions.

Italia dei Valori will participate in this legislative process both by supporting it and with its own integration proposals. It will be said: “But like that Berlusconi is excluded” But if we continue with a system without rules, Berlusconi is being favoured unjustly. Berlusconi must understand that in a democracy, either he has the role of a concessionaire of public services or of a politician.