27 February 2008

The horror of Justice

Today Silvio Berlusconi spoke these words on "Radio anch'io": "Io ho orrore di Di Pietro e lo dico alto e forte” {I have a horror of Di Pietro and I say that loud and strong}.
What follows is my reply on Corriere.it
Berlusconi reminds me of the story of the fox who when he couldn’t reach the grapes said that they were bitter. Years ago he wanted me to be the Minister of the Interior. Today he doesn’t even want me to be in Parliament.
The truth is simple. He’s afraid that the Italia dei Valori -Partito Democratico combination could win the elections because it is more credible in its men and in its programme, in which we tackle concrete topics instead of denigrating the opposition.
My own fault is to have done “Mani Pulite”. It was the backhanders that were horrible as well as the embezzlement that was happening then and that is happening now, not the magistrates who are doing their duty or those politicians who demand that Parliament makes laws that give back the transparency to politics and to the business world.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Justice