April 30, 2008

Throttled by paying sales tax up front

The relaunch of enterprise needs immediate and decisive action. One of the problems, in particular for the SME is cash, having liquidity for investment, or even for current trading, without having to get credit, and thus without having to get into debt and having to pay interest which is ever more onerous because of the increasing cost of money.
Italia dei Valori as its first action in its parliamentary activity will propose the abolition of the regime of paying sales tax up front on invoices issued. The recovery of the sales tax should happen on payment of the invoice. This measure if approved by Parliament will allow the companies to shake off a financial burden and to avoid having long waits for the repayment of the sales tax and the adjustments. Paying the sales tax up front today is of benefit to the banking system but not to industry as the companies are often obliged to get into debt to carry on their activity.
This initiative is just the first one that Italia dei Valori will carry out, to allow the development of companies and to put them in a condition to be able to compete in the Italian and international market.

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Jumble of Words from the Senatur

In recent days I have many times severely criticized Umberto Bossi’s declarations which are on the edge of legality. I’m leaving the space for a press release by an Italia dei Valori deputy, Silvana Mura, to comment on the latest declarations made a few hours ago by the leader of the “Carroccio”. They are declarations that are not worthy of a representative of a democratic country.
”The verbal exchanges between Umberto Bossi and Francesco Caruso, packed with rifles ready to shoot and threats, makes the skin come out in goose pimples. The problem however is that while fortunately Caruso is no longer in Parliament, unfortunately Bossi is about to become a Minister.
”It is true that Bossi for years has been doing too much talking and from his words, almost never, in every sector, have the facts followed, but in a serious country, if a politician were to have spoken even a single time, a sentence like that of his rifles, he would never have been able to become a Minister. Just imagine one, who like him, continues to repeat this provocatively at each step forward. It is truly unacceptable that all this is passed over, thanks to the “golden share” that the Lega has in relation to the next government.”

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April 28, 2008

Between excessive moral goodness and solidarity

I’m publishing an interview that I gave to il Corriere della Sera on the topic of immigration and security. At the end, you will find my articles on the topic, some of which are even very harsh. The election campaign was played out instrumentally on this topic, both for the national elections and for the local elections.

Antonio Di Pietro: An intervention is needed in relation to Romanians. And if Berlusconi is going to do this we will not be ashamed of supporting him.

Cds: Why?
Antonio Di Pietro: It is obvious that for the Centre Left it is easy to say that the view of the Italians has been dimmed. Too much. But it’s not with fears that you search for votes. I hope that after the drunkenness of the Centre Right, the voter will open his eyes. However…

Cds: However?
Antonio Di Pietro: However it is true that between a goody-goody approach and the pretend solidarity we have created an ungovernable situation. And now everyone finds themselves to be justice-alists.

Cds: Berlusconi is announcing measures.
Antonio Di Pietro: And we will support them. That’s always after we have read them.

Cds: Will you vote with the PDL?
Antonio Di Pietro: We will not be ashamed of giving strength to an act that we consider to be self critical: starting from the indiscriminate entry, it’s they who have created the problems. It will be the first action of a constructive opposition.

Cds: What are you hoping for?
Antonio Di Pietro: Filters on entries from Rumania. Sending back all those Rumanians without a fixed address or a job. More funding and personnel for the police and the tribunals to accelerate the trial processes and also for carrying out penalties after the first level of judgement. And above all that there are no tricks.

Cds: Are you afraid there may be some trick-amendments?
Antonio Di Pietro: Yes. Last time they had a measure to lengthen the “time out” for recidivists and they shortened the time for Berlusconi so that they never do the trials for him. But now, given that his troubles are sorted out, perhaps he can resolve them for the Italians.

Previous Articles:
Security for the citizens
Italy, the soft underbelly of the European Union
Moratorium now
Immigration and criminality

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April 27, 2008

The nonexistent bid

Here are some of the comments I made in an interview I gave yesterday to the “La Stampa” daily, regarding the bridging loan granted to Alitalia.
"In the Cabinet meeting, I personally reiterated that no one should take the liberty of implementing provisions that are illegal, and it is my belief that this provision, yet another of those forced through in accordance with Berlusconi’s wishes, will yet be punished by the European Union because it constitutes State aid.
I bear witness to the fact that Berlusconi delivered an ultimatum to the Cabinet: I want three hundred million because I want enough time to put together a bid. His response to those that pointed out that this would constitute State aid, he said that he couldn’t care less and that all he wanted was a bridging loan. Anyone can buy whatever he/she wants as long as they are using the Italian Taxpayers' money.
I am against the utilisation of the institutions in order to undertake any illegal operations. I believe that the European Union will certainly impose a fine on us, that there is no consortium ready to make a bid and that we will end up with the not only the damages, but we will also land up becoming a laughing stock. The damages are the fact of having lost Alitalia as a result of not having re-established open dialogue with Air France, and becoming a laughing stock as a result of losing a further three hundred million, with the bill being picked up by the Italian taxpayer."

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My signatures for V2-Day

Today, 25 April 2008, I went down to Largo Cairoli in Milan to put down my signature for the three referendums promoted by Beppe Grillo, calling for freedom of information.
"Good day to one and all. Thanks to all of you who have come out here to sign for what is yet another, the umpteenth test of democracy, which some people have labelled as anti-politics. The only thing that is anti-political is the behaviour of those that are prepared to use the institutions to favour themselves. Anti-politics is what happens when someone stands for election after having been finally sentenced in a court of law. Anti-politics is what happens when a person once again bypasses a decision handed down by the European Court of Justice, and once again bypasses the issue of conflicts of interest and once again bypasses the functionality of the judiciary. What is anti-political is the behaviour of those that have, in recent days, talked about being heavy handed with the justice department, while the collapse of justice and security is precisely the result of not having made a stand against those that have broken the law in the past few years. If the courts and the legal process are not functioning properly, it is because, in recent years, certain laws have been introduced that have caused them to stop functioning properly. Anti-politics is also that which would prevent us from holding demonstrations such as this one.
That is why we are signing this call for a referendum. We want to send a clear message of real politics, the intentional politics envisaged in the Constitution.
We wish to thank the organisers and appreciate what they have done, all of the Beppe Grillo Meetups, and we want to thank Grillo himself, because he has been accused of everything and anything simply because he is fighting for the application of one particular article of the Constitution, the one that permits the gathering of signatures in order to repeal a law introduced by Parliament. We thank all the militants who go around collecting signatures, those that authenticate them and those that voluntarily take it upon themselves to present this umpteenth referendum.
Some say that they won’t be ignored. Popular demand laws will be ignored because, although the Constitution envisages the gathering of signatures and their submission to Parliament, they invariably land up in the cellars the very next day. Referendums, on the other hand, cannot be ignored, because they are required to follow a certain procedure, so much so, that a referendum is envisaged regarding the electoral law, which is still in the works and will have to be held.
Obviously, there will be a flurry of activity in the coming months, aimed at proving that the gathering of these signatures was illegal, that we should not go and vote and, as regards all those people and parties that exhorted us during the recent electoral campaign to go and vote, you will see them again soon, but this time exhorting us not to vote in the referendum. Therefore, when it suits them we must go and vote, but when it doesn’t suit them, then we must stay away from the polls.
In the opinion of this Caste that continues to do as it wishes, we should simply be subjects, a herd of sheep. Think carefully about these referendums, which, over and above the institution itself, are like merit vouchers, because in the final analysis, what are they really saying? They are saying that the newspapers financed by political parties have merely become another way to make money, rather than a way to inform. Secondly, that in order to communicate and inform, you must be registered, just like during the twenty year reign of fascism. Everyone should be free to express his/her own abilities and qualities, the only difference should be the reader, who either reads what is being said, or not, depending on whether or not the truth is being told.
That is why we believe that these referendums are a good thing, in substance and the institution itself, as a real example of democracy in action.
Someone accused us today, saying that this day is a far more important occasion than simply an opportunity to occupy ourselves with a referendum regarding information. We are well aware of the importance of this day and that is precisely why today was chosen, above all to pay homage to those that gave up their freedom to live, something that we do not wish to forget and that is at the top of our list, God forbid! This is not an alternative event, but rather a continuation, a civil duty, firstly to pay homage to those that gave us back our lives, and then to renew our commitment to that very same liberty that we do not wish to see going up in smoke or being bartered.
Certainly, where once there was a castor oil dictatorship, now there is the dictatorship of the dancing girls, but it nevertheless remains a dictatorship, far more gentle, but there nevertheless. In conclusion, I wish to say that, for this very reason, we must all strive for the good of the Country and its institutions. I will be doing just that both inside and outside of Parliament. With this same megaphone, I stood out even as Minister and they tried to drown me with insults when the time came to say no to the pardons, but I will still be there, inside and outside of Parliament, to speak out on behalf of an Italy that is free, an Italy that is independent and an Italy that refuses to give up."

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April 21, 2008

25 April: for a new Liberation

On 25 April I will be in Milan. At 11 am I will be in Largo Cairoli to add my signature for the three referenda promoted by Beppe Grillo for the freedom of information.
Italia dei Valori is mobilizing in what we consider to be another important political battle to ensure that all citizens have the right to be well informed, to provide good information and to be informed as is laid down in the Constitution and as is not happening in Italy.
Here below, there’s a declaration that I have given about this initiative.

”Now that the moment of elections has passed, we of Italia dei Valori, and I personally, want to continue to bring our contribution in defence of legality, of transparency and in this case, of transparency, independence and plurality of information.
On 25 April there’s V Day, promoted by Beppe Grillo. Many people say that this is an anti-political action. There is nothing more crazy, because there is nothing that is more politically correct than that citizens, simple citizens, who on the same day, at the same time, come together in front of the stalls to collect signatures to repeal a law that they believe to be unconstitutional or that has gone out of date, or to present a popular initiative proposed law. The institution of the referendum and the institution of the popular initiative laws are laid down and guaranteed in the Constitution, and those who promote these are not performing anti-political actions but true politics. Anti-politics appertains to those who go into the institutions to get away, otherwise they would have to go to some prison, to those who call a “hero” the mafia people and those who put themselves forward as candidates to find a place in the sun for themselves and their loved ones.
Having said this, on 25 April there’s a collection of signatures to have an information system that is freer, more independent and more transparent. Eliminate public financing to the publishing industry, because there is an enormous waste of almost a billion euro, and above all because then, in fact, information is controlled by the party system and by the system of the strong powers. We want to eliminate the Order of Journalists, because since the beginning of time it doesn’t make sense that to write, speak or make known your ideas you have to be listed on a register and respect the organisms of the corporation with the logic of “if you are in the good circle you are admitted to be able to speak, otherwise not.” But this is not democracy and it’s not me saying it, but they were saying it (as Beppe Grillo has reminded us) Enaudi and Berlinguer. This law that set up the Order of Journalists is by now an antique, it is out of date and out of place, even because it started off from Mussolini with quite a different intention: to monitor the actions of the journalists and the freedom of information.
Finally, we want to eliminate the Gasparri law, because anyway, now that Berlusconi has won and even though the European Court of Justice has already pronounced a verdict against Italy on the law that was passed to assign TV frequencies, even though the Constitutional Court has reinforced the fact that this law is not constitutional, you can still be sure that with this government and with this majority the Gasparri law will not be repealed, but it will be modified appropriately to make legitimate what is illegitimate. It is better to repeal this law completely even before it is sealed with a pretext of legality.
These three activities are the first outing for Italia dei Valori since the elections, because we believe that politics has to be done with the citizens, among the citizens, asking for votes from the citizens. The structures of Italia dei Valori will make stalls available where signatures can be verified, in places where there are gaps, and everyone is invited to consult the lists of the towns where stalls will be set up by looking on Beppe Grillo’s blog so that they can go and add their signature.
Certainly, then it’ll be necessary to have the referenda, but I believe that one step at a time we have to take our country towards a true and complete democracy, now more than ever.”

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Sweet Dictatorship

I’m publishing an interview with il Corriere della Sera about the current situation in our country.

Antonio Di Pietro: They said that it was necessary to get rid of the so-called justice-alists from the institutions and now instead Berlusconi is instrumentally relaunching the topic of security. With the complicity of the information system, that is not letting the citizens know the truth.
Cds: And what is the truth?
Antonio Di Pietro: That is was “il Cavaliere” {Berlusconi} himself who created insecurity from 2001 to 2006. For the Italians, the separation of the careers is not important, they are asking for more police on the streets, for the immediate repatriation of clandaestines, the harshening of penalties for crimes against children and women.
Cds: While you are publicising your programme, the PDL is accusing Rome’s former Mayor.
Antonio Di Pietro: Veltroni will not find me as a critical colleague. He has been a good Mayor for his city and a courageous reformer for the coalition. We are the party of action, the PDL is the party of words. It’s necessary to reduce from two to three the levels of justice and to create a one-line law to put a criminal sentence into action straight after the first level of justice for the most serious crimes.
Cds: Give advice to Berlusconi, now that you are in opposition.
Antonio Di Pietro: I’m not going to give up my battles just for this. With his conflict of interests, the global control of information and his idea of justice, Berlusconi is a danger. His return is the advent of the Sweet Dictatorship. He wants to reform the law on the “par condicio” and to have a show down with the magistracy. His politics is based on arbitrary opinion. By calling Mangano a hero, he has re-evaluated the mafia class. It’s up to us to open the eyes of the citizens.
Cds: Even if Veltroni were to decide to have a dialogue with Berlusconi on the reforms?
Antonio Di Pietro: We will never be able to offer our trust to the Berlusconi government. He has already twice said that he was having a dialogue on the reforms, and he got his hands dirty. If the magistracy does not tow the line, will he cart them off to the psychiatrist? Well, for me, that’s where the dialogue has stopped.
Cds: It is said that you don’t want to form a single Parliamentary group with the PD because on its own, the IdV gets an extra 5 million in expenses.
Antonio Di Pietro: That is discrediting and limiting. The money doesn’t go to us but to the activity of the group. I have said that we are ready to unite in Parliament on the basis of the programme; however an annexation does not benefit Veltroni. The truth is that there is a part of the PD that sees as a liberation, the possibility that the single Parliamentary group is not formed.
Cds: Marini? D'Alema? Parisi?
Antonio Di Pietro: I see two spirits, one isolationist and the other open to a new alliance. We are willing to construct this straight away with a journey of formation that could end with a single Parliamentary group, however they mustn’t close the doors on us. If the group is not created straight away because they need time to get their ideas clear, we will give them the time needed, but however they must give us the roles that are due in the shadow government and in parliament.
Cds: Minister, which posts and how many?
Antonio Di Pietro: If Veltroni intends to give us a corner in a box, of the type that is “use once and throw away”, then he is being disrespectful to all those Italians who have seen in IdV the possibility of a redemption. To isolate us would be a serious error, as has been the ostracism during the election campaign.
Cds: Veltroni said that he didn’t think the Ministry of Justice would be good for you. Do you hope to have that role at least in the shadow government?
Antonio Di Pietro: From the positions assigned to us we will understand what sort of dialogue Veltroni wants to have with us. There are roles due to the opposition, starting with the presidency of the institutions of surveillance.
Cds: Are you willing to be allied to the UDC as D'Alema would like?
Antonio Di Pietro: If Casini signs up to a formal commitment not to put forward convicts as candidates, then yes. The alliance needs to broaden to include the moderates and the Catholics or we have lost from the start.
Cds: Is the IdV like the League for the PD?
Antonio Di Pietro: With all respect for the voters of the League, Bossi’s party is a civic list that simply puts forward the interests of a territory. We however have our roots going from Mondovì to Canicattì».
Cds: And Montezemolo’s attack on the Trades Union?
Antonio Di Pietro: You can understand the diagnosis. The working man doesn’t feel represented by this Trades Union management class. But it’s one thing to take a sick person to hospital and it’s another to leave him in the hands of Dracula for treatment.

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Annozero

Yesterday I appeared as a guest on Santoro’s programme Annozero. Here are some of my comments regarding freedoms of information, immigration and justice. I am also publishing Marco Travaglio’s opinion regarding the media monopoly, an opinion with which I agree fully.

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April 18, 2008

The Autonomy of Italia dei Valori

I’m publishing a brief sound interview that I gave yesterday about the current situation of Italia dei Valori in relation to the Democratic Party.
” Italia dei Valori is a party that stays a party. In November there will be elections. Before next year’s European elections, there will be other local elections and possibly even in Lombardy. Thus, our party exists. It will get even stronger and it will be ever more present to represent all that sector of the electorate that today can find us to be their representatives.
The united group is the fruit of a convergence about content. In view of the positions taken that distinguish them from the wish to recognise Italia dei Valori, with whom the alliance was made, today I read a declaration from Caldarola who said: “We will leave the party if a role is given to Italia dei Valori and to Di Pietro.” I would like to say that I don’t want anyone to leave the Democratic Party. We have noted that the leader of the Democratic Party is Walter Veltroni, whom we recognise as the leader of the coalition, just as we have indicated before the elections and whom we want to help take forward the programme that we have shared and signed up to.
Now we want to know, exactly because we have seen hesitations during the election campaign, what is the programme in relation to justice that this unified group wants to move forward, because if it is true that Veltroni wants to have a shadow government, and if it is true that we have learned this from the newspapers, it is necessary in a coalition, that such important things are no longer to be learned from the newspapers, but they are to be understood and shared together. Above all, it is necessary to know who has to deal with what in this coalition and above all, in this shadow government. That is, I would like to understand if the issues about information relating to this unified group are taken on as spokesperson, for example by Follini or by Giulietti, because in the choice of these people, it’s possible to identify the model that is to be adopted. I would like to understand if, in this shadow government, the Ministry of Justice has to be one or the other because during the election campaign, from certain people we heard that Italia dei Valori did not have the right to deal with justice.
For these reasons we are asking for a meeting with the Democratic Party and with Veltroni. I’m not saying with Veltroni alone but Veltroni and the Democratic Party, because we are aware that there there are two spirits: there’s a spirit that wants us and there’s a spirit that doesn’t want us, because that is the only way to explain this. We want to go to a marriage based on affection, not on a marriage of interests. We acknowledge that as of today there’s a spirit that wants us, a spirit with whom we have made a precise and decisive agreement, the spirit that we can see in Veltroni. With that spirit we want to construct a unified group that respects the programme. There’s a spirit that doesn’t want us, and it’s true that on the political battles that we want to take forward, they have already said that we have not the right not even to speak and that they will ask nothing from us. In fact, even they start to find us horrid for the fact that we could deal with justice. In this kind of viewpoint, to decide if we can create a unified group, we want to know what they want to do.
We have indicated the topics about which we would like replies, without which in the meantime we will create our Italia dei Valori group and we will start a journey to reach clarity, to resolve as soon as possible those issues that could still be unresolved.
I believe that every decision should be taken together and communicated together, Veltroni and I, which is why I’m making this invitation and not just to be united but to be reunited to decide the content rather than the container, but also after that, to communicate the decision together. What’s more, I’m also asking that following on from the meeting, that we are asking for before the first sitting of Parliament, there is also a moment when Veltroni and I together, go through a verification together with the general public by means of the press and together we refer each other’s reasoning.”

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April 17, 2008

Let’s make information free

On 25 April, Beppe Grillo will collect signatures for the three referenda for freedom of information in a free State. The referenda are asking for the abolition of the Order of Journalists, the abolition of public financing of the publishing industry and the repeal of the Gasparri law on radio and TV. Italia dei Valori has decided to support the initiative and I’m inviting all the members and those who feel like us, to take part. You can give your signature in more than 400 cities throughout Italy, as indicated on the website www.beppegrillo.it. The Italia dei Valori organisation is available for the collection of signatures and to supply if necessary its own people to do the authentication of the signatures. Those who want to contact us can get in touch with one of the party offices indicated in this link.
I have decided to support these referenda because I believe that a democratic State cannot exist in the absence of information that is pluralist and free from economic and party political interests.
The victory of the Centre Right has been possible thanks to Silvio Berlusconi’s ownership of three TV channels and the Mondadori group. The Centre Left has made many errors, but the most important one is not to have enacted a law on the conflict of interests, to bring it into line with other western democracies. Today it is paying the price.
Starting from the day after the elections, the Centre Right has 6 out of 7 national TV channels. All in the hands of a single person.
To know the truth we have to look for it on the Internet. The programme Anno Zero and the journalist Marco Travaglio have already been subjected to verbal attention from Silvio Berlusconi. Tomorrow, 17 April, I will be a guest on Santoro’s programme. Watch the programme. It could be one of the last opportunities.

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April 15, 2008

Elections, the day after

15 April 2008. The day after the elections. In the name of Italia dei Valori and for me personally, I’d like to thank all who have voted for us, all those who have engaged with us, all the Italians who went to vote, because I believe that it is an essential requirement for democracy, that in the end it is up to the citizen to decide which party has to represent him in Parliament. It would be good if he could also choose which person he wants to represent him in Parliament. This election law has made that not possible, but we of Italia dei Valori have been vigilant in creating the lists. We don’t have people with questionable merits. A brief analysis of the result. For Italia dei Valori, there’s no doubt that it went very well. We have a result that is doubled, and in many cases tripled and done even better. We have 29 deputies and 14 senators elected. Twenty eight deputies in Italy and one deputy from abroad. We will be a team of forty three parliamentarians present in Parliament.
Never before has it been so necessary that Italia dei Valori, with its identity and its parliamentarians, should be vigilant and watchful in Parliament, to once more make sure that “ad personam” laws and government roles are not used for the exploitation of personal interests and activities that demonstrate a conflict of interests. Never before has it been so necessary to have freedom of information, information that is independent and transparent to stop the homologation of information itself, given that most of the public and the private media are in the hands of a single man. Never before has it been so necessary to watch out for waste and the non-transparent and partial use of public funds. Let it be clear, we respect the vote of the Italians. Italians have made a choice. I believe that the choice of the Berlusconi government is a choice that will not lead to positive solutions for the whole country, but if this is the will of the Italians, or of the majority of them, those of us who have been elected to Parliament have the duty to respect that but at the same time, we have the duty to offer an alternative.
We are not going to present a preconceived opposition, one that needs to say “no” even if something good is done, but we want to see that it is really good for the Italians and that it isn’t a rip-off.
Here, on this blog, you will find the list of our parliamentarians, their first and second names, and whether they are in the Lower or Upper House. You can have a dialogue with each one of them.
I am proud that we have been successful in such a tough test, with success for the party and for me personally. And it is also positive that out of the 42 parties that there were before the elections, there are now 5 or 6 inside the institutions. We want to have a dialogue with all the civil society that does not recognise itself in the other parties and perhaps not even in our party, but who can anyway find someone to engage with in our party. We want to dialogue with that part of the electorate who voted for other parties that are now outside Parliament and that need to be represented. We definitely want to be on the side of the most vulnerable, but always on the side of the rule of law. This is why, today, while expressing satisfaction for the results of the party I’m also expressing a worry for what could be a government model that is to be put in place. But I will get close to this experience, in opposition, with the serenity of mind of one who has had the strength from you to tackle the draft laws, the measures that will be taken on each occasion, and in this sense, to try to act in the public interest. I want to continue to have a dialogue with you through the Internet, because, as you know, this seems to me to be, or risks being the only independent channel of communication. I will keep you constantly up to date and with the parliamentarians of Italia dei Valori, we will keep in high regard the sense of ethics of the institutions in Parliament.

Thank you.

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April 14, 2008

Thank you

I want to thank everyone who made their way to the voting stations to vote for Italia dei Valori. It was not easy to decide to go to the voting station after so many failures of the Italian political system. And it was not easy to choose the symbol with the rainbow-coloured sea gull after the substantial blackout of IdV by the public TV channels and by the continual gratuitous and defamatory attacks from the media in the hands of signor Silvio Berlusconi.
Those who voted for IDV want a real change in this country, they want freedom of information, a market economy, a functioning justice system, a dignified job. The party that I represent will do everything to achieve these objectives. We owe it to each of you individually and we owe it to our conscience. My commitment in relation to all citizens is to develop the proposals of IDV’s election programme with maximum transparency and continuity and with the interaction that can be achieved through the Internet.
Thank you for your trust. I, together with the deputies and the senators of Italia dei Valori will do what is possible so that we deserve that trust.

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Vote for an honest Italy

Today, on his blog, Beppe Grillo posted the list of names of the sentenced criminals, people under investigation, statute-barred offenders and people remanded for trial who are headed for Parliament. The list is drawn from the book entitled “If you know them you avoid them” by Marco Travaglio and Peter Gomez. Italia dei Valori is a clean party. Vote for an honest Italy.

Click to see the list

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April 13, 2008

A final appeal

We have reached the final hours of the electoral campaign and I ask that you allow me to launch a final appeal to the Internet Community. I know that amongst you there are many people who are as yet undecided as to whether or not to go and vote, and those who are disappointed with the current political policies. The final outcome is that anyone who fails to vote effectively entrusts others with making the decision on who will govern the country. Therefore, I would like to invite you to reflect on who this Mister Berlusconi really is, the one who wants to take over the government of the Country.
I have already said that he is someone that refuses to acknowledge to the law. In fact, he hates me and he hates the judges, and has stated publicly that all the judges should be sent for mental competency tests. He refuses to acknowledge the role of the Head of State, whose “super partes” role he rejects and, in fact, he wants the current incumbent to stand down. He refuses to contemplate the existence of free and transparent information. In fact, he refuses to implement the provisions of the decision handed down by the European Court of Justice.
However, there is an even more serious matter, namely that, in an attempt to gain the voters’ trust, he has taken to attacking me personally. He is attacking anyone that, irrespective of the personal issues, has proved that he is a liar and cannot be believed when he says that he would act in the interests of the Italian public. He cannot be believed precisely because he is a liar. He states that he has never offered me any ministerial post in his government. He did in fact offer me a post, and how! There are ample witnesses, photographs and video clips as proof that he offered me a ministerial post, and how! The truth is, however, that he attempted to buy me too. I refused his offer and he is still unable to believe that there are still people out there that he cannot buy.
He even goes as far as claiming that I don’t have a degree. Besides anything else, the fact is that he should be explaining the reason why he wants to govern, rather than discussing the issue of whether I have a degree and how I got it in the first place. In any event, I will show you my degree in Constitutional Law, a subject that he himself would be well advised to study. Perhaps he should spend some time reading through my thesis.
The truth is that, and this I must admit, he too has a degree, earned in the same year. I graduated from the “Statale di Milano” as a working student who worked during the day and studied at night, and making many sacrifices in the process. He got his degree at the P2. I will also show you his membership card from the P2, where he, as a member of the chapter, was subject to the orders of Licio Gelli.
So, do you still honestly believe that there is no way that you could go and vote, and that all politicians are alike? Who is more reliable, the person that makes sacrifices in order to graduate and build a future for himself, or the person who becomes a member of the P2 and is prepared to go as far as buying court decisions, just like he did in the case of Previti and Squillante, or who owns his own television stations, which is the reason why he refuses to accept the decision handed down by the European Court of Justice?
You decide. What you cannot say, however, is that: “I am not going to vote because all politicians are alike”. Working students and regime exploiters are not alike.

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April 11, 2008

The only party with zero sentenced offenders

Herewith the article from page 4 of today’s Repubblica newspaper, showing the current legal status of the future new Parliamentarians to-be. As I have repeatedly stated during the current election campaign, the Italia dei Valori Party has only fielded candidates with perfectly clean records.
"Black flag to the Pier Ferdinando Casini’s UDC Party, while top of the class is Di Pietro’s Italia dei valori party. These two parties respectively represent the two extremes of the “clean list”, negative and positive. 9 Percent of the future centre-party Parliamentarians are, in fact, people that have either been found guilty, sentenced or are awaiting the outcome of appeals from either the Court of Appeal or the Court of Cassation. This compared to a 100 percent of the Italia dei Valori Party’s top contenders, who not only have a clean record, but have never even been remanded for trial. The classification was drawn up following a lengthy cross-referenced investigation of the nomination lists submitted by all of the parties to the "lavoce.info" website. Furthermore, it refers to the legal status of future incumbents or presumed initial dropouts on the basis of the composition of the lists or election forecasts.
«There is a rotten smell around Parliament» is the title given to the investigation surrounding the virtuosity list. At the top of the list is the Idv party with 100 percent of their candidates being free of any involvement in any legal cases whatsoever. Then follows the Lega Nord party with 93.1 percent. Thereafter comes the Democratic Party with 98.8, the Pdl with 96.7 and the Sinistra arcobaleno with 98.1. Bringing up the rear is Casini’s Udc with 85.3 percent. The site specifies that: «the major information sources as regards the candidates’ legal status is the book entitled "Se li conosci li eviti" (If you know them, you avoid them) by Peter Gomez and Marco Travaglio (Chiarelettere, ed.) and the decisions handed down by the Appeals and Cassation Courts »."

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April 09, 2008

We’ll put them in the madhouse

I would like do share some reflections with you. According to you, is this the behaviour of someone who has lost his head and is maddened or is there something behind it? According to you, why did Berlusconi say that the judges are mad and need their mental health checking? And why is it that in the same context, at the same time, in the same circumstances, in the same conditions, Dell’Utri says that Mangano was a hero? But is it really true that it could be just a question of two madnesses?
Remember that Mangano was the stable man at Arcore. He was convicted for having killed two people. He was a mafia man. His conviction was confirmed at the first degree. Then he died in natural circumstances. Why does Berlusconi have this rancour, this hatred for the judges, for all those who deal with investigations and with getting respect for the law? And are these two circumstances just madness?
Do you know that I don’t believe that any longer? Do you know what I think? I think that these gentlemen have understood that they can lose the elections, and I want them to lose the elections, because I am worried if this State, this Country is to be in the hands of these people. They are sending out a message to that world, to the mafia and criminal world, and anyway to the world of illegality. Given that they too vote, and given that for these people, they need a few extra votes, they are sending out a message to say: “if you vote for us, watch and see that we’ll keep the judges at a distance and we’ll send them to the madhouse. If you vote for us, we’ll be sure that those who do not speak will become heroes, those that maintain “omertà”, those that are part of that category.” So then, is it good for the Italian citizens that these people take on the powers of the Italian Government? This is the message that I want to communicate to you, to make you understand even better in what a sensitive situation we find ourselves in, here and now.
From today you will find published on this site, in a form that is not yet complete, but anyway meaningful, the list of the candidates who have been convicted, or who have at least been sent for trial and for whom there is already the start of the proceedings and a charge drawn up, who are in the ranks of the Popolo delle Libertà {PDL} and have something to do with justice. Why am I telling you this? So that you can appreciate what they want to do in Parliament. If there are dozens and dozens of people who are tangled up in the justice system, whether as convicts, or at the beginning of trial proceedings, and who then go into Parliament with this grudge of Berlusconian memory and Berlusconian manners, this bitterness in relation to the control of the rule of law, what kind of security can you have that we can still find ourselves in a State based on the rule of law, that is one in which the law is equal for everyone? And what are the consequences? The consequences would be that the strongest, the craftiest and the one who has least respect for the laws would get ahead, while the others would be kept always as underdogs.
Look at these names. Look at their pedigree and then tell me whether it is worthwhile for this group of people to go and represent Italy in the Italian Parliament. This is why I’m making this heartfelt appeal. We of Italia dei Valori have asked for a criminal records check for our candidates, as well as their election certificates. With us, there is no one in those conditions. It’s not enough to say what the programmes are. It’s necessary to say who the people are to go into Parliament, the men and the women. We have done this. We are making available another Italy for the Italian Parliament. It is different from the one that Berlusconi is making available. Think about it.

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April 08, 2008

Proud to cause fear

The situation is sensitive. And I invite you to mobilize. On the one hand, there is Berlusconi who has said that he could never accept even the idea of Di Pietro being the Minister of Justice, because he is afraid of Di Pietro.
Now, I don’t use rifles like his friend Bossi or even Lombardo who also wants to use rifles. I use the legal code, and I will always use the legal code, because laws have to be respected, and this frightens Berlusconi. However, if we don’t rally, he’ll win and if he wins, there’ll be a return to that politics of personal interests, of conflicts of interests, of the strongest, of the craftiest, of the “I don’t care “about rights and the expectations of the others. It’s an anti-democratic Italy that one that would come into being.
However, I am also worried on the other side, when every day I hear someone, in the Centre Left but also in the Democratic Party, who wakes up and says: “no, it’s better that Di Pietro doesn’t become the Minister of Justice”. I haven’t asked to for this position, but just the idea that someone in the Democratic Party even has it in their head that I am an obstacle for the system of justice worries me and it should worry you. I don’t understand why someone should be an obstacle for the system of justice when that someone for twenty years has been fighting to ensure that the law is equal for everybody, so that the conflict of interests get resolved, so that there are no more “ad personam” laws, so that there is more security and a justice system that functions, so that magistrates can be left free and independent to do their work. Why is it that this is happening even within this coalition? Well, you could say: “I’m not going to vote.” No! Here’s the catch. That’s where they are waiting for you. That’s the rub!
Not going to vote means leaving this solution in their hands. There’s nothing to be done, it’s either the rifle or the voting paper. I can’t take up the rifle, I don’t know about rifles, I don’t care about rifles. But the voting paper has to be taken because, if you don’t pick up the voting paper, you just watch and these types do what they want, they go into the institutions, they cancel what is of no interest to them, they cancel what is of interest to the citizens, and they make the laws as they want and the citizens become ever more mere vassals. That’s why I say that to renounce going to vote is to have already handed the others a victory. It is not a proud gesture, but a weak gesture. I invite you to reflect: it is better to stay within the institutions with a political force that, on these topics, is fighting to make its voice heard.
Help us to stop this drifting. Help us, because it is an anti-democratic drift that is happening in our country.

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April 06, 2008

If you know them, you avoid them

Marco Travaglio and Peter Gomez have presented their latest book: "Se li conosci li eviti" {If you know them, you avoid them}.
With a feeling of pride, reading the pages of this book, Italia dei Valori stands out for the lack of convicts in its ranks.
I am presenting four topics taken from their public presentation. These are topics on which the authors find me in complete agreement.
My articles on these topics are:

Have a good look at who the candidates are
The disinformation bosses
Alitalia: basta illudere i cittadini
Solidarity with Luigi De Magistris
Antonio Di Pietro a Break the mafia

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Idv: the only party for independent information

On the 1st April, the Cabinet passed a decree implementing the decisions handed down by the European Court of Justice. What was not included, notwithstanding the objections raised by the Italia dei Valori Party, was the decision handed down on 31 January 2008, which declared the Italian radio and television laws to be illegitimate due to the fact that they allow Rete4 to broadcast on the analogue frequencies that were assigned to Europa7.
What the Italians should know, is that we will all have to pay the princely sum of 300 thousand Euro per day in fines for this decision, retroactive to July 2006. A few hundred million Euro, just to enable Fede to continue with his electoral propaganda exercise, full-time.
I have said so before and I say so again: In the event that the centre-left wins the upcoming elections, the Italia dei Valori Party’s priority will be to sever the incestuous bond that ties information and politics to each other. Starting with Rete4.
Herewith is an article by Marco Travaglio, entitled "Vieni avanti decretino" (Come on little decree).
"Excellent news from the Democratic Party’s loft. Terrible news instead from Palazzo Chigi. Veltroni’s entourage, writes the Corriere, has realised that the final week of the electoral campaign needs to be spent attacking Berlusconi, so as to «mobilise the undecided ».
Goffredo Bettini has apparently said that: «I’ve had enough of being the good guy». Better late than never. However, after so many months of crazy dialogue with an adversary who was responding to bouts of intrigue and insults, now there is a risk that any sudden and controversial turnaround would appear to be somewhat fake. And that the desired outcome fails to materialise. After having spent years ignoring the reports of him being buddies with the Mafia, bribing judges, cooking the books, introducing shameful legislation and spreading lies about everything and everyone (ranging from Alitalia to his actual stature: he has once again started claiming that he is 1 metre 71 tall, when he actually has to struggle valiantly to measure 1 metre 60), dusting off these reports now, suddenly, just prior to the elections, would be counterproductive. How to attack him then? Firstly by highlighting the unacceptability of certain of the new entries on the Pdl’s list of candidates, which would make even the best electoral manifesto look ridiculous. Even those that blindly believe all of the Cavaliere and his allies’ promises would have some doubts regarding whether or not the promises could be fulfilled with people like Ciarrapico (black shirt & ring), General Speciale (State-sponsored Bass and State-sponsored flights, at the taxpayers expense), the Mafia and Camorra buddies (the latest one nabbed just the other day in Milan), Barbato the spittoon, the mortadella-maker Strano, the fantasmagorical Pizza, the Chief’s personal physiotherapist and good-natured fools surrounding them. A bit of good advertising has never hurt anyone involved in any election campaign. Then there is a topic that everyone is aware of and is close to the heart for many people, not only the left wingers, namely, breaking the ties between television broadcasters and politics. Get the parties out of RAI, get Berlusconi out of Mediaset or out of politics, introduce an anti-trust ceiling for private network ownership, open the market to new parties (non political). And this is where we get to the bad news from Palazzo Chigi. On 1st April (when else?) the Cabinet passed a decree for the immediate implementation of all the decisions handed down by the European Court of Justice in Luxemburg. All except the one handed down on 31 January 2008, declaring that our laws regarding TV are illegal because they allow Rete4 to broadcast on the analogue channels reserved for Europa7 by virtue of the now-infamous 1999 tender for national concessions, which was won by Europa7 and lost by Rete4. Why reject this one while saying yes to all of the other decisions? «Because ¬ explains Minister Emma Bonino – this one was not urgent in nature. If a solution id found, we could perhaps take it into account at some later stage, or in a separate decree ». At some later stage? A separate decree? Meanwhile, the Government is on its last legs and within the next month – if all goes badly – the Berlusconi III government could take hold of the reigns. Are we really going to leave it to him to implement the decision that relegates Rete4 to broadcasting via satellite? What is this, an April fool joke? Just the day before yesterday, in the Sole-24 ore newspaper, Mediaset board member Gina Nieri was laying down the law to the parties. These people have gotten so used to write their own laws that they have lost all sense of shame. «In the Vulgate of the Grillos and Di Pietros of this world ¬said Nieri- Rete4 is illegal and is usurping the frequencies that rightly belong to Europa7. But this is not true, as proven by the laws approved from 2003 onwards». In other words, the decree being used to back-up Rete 4’s claim is the Gasparri Law, introduced by Berlusconi to suit himself, and rejected by the European Court, as was the Maccanico Law of ‘97 and the guiding principle of the Gentiloni Law, because of the never-ending «transition phase », which maintains the status-quo until the introduction of the mythical, or rather Mythological landline digital service. Nieri adds that: «Mediaset has nothing to fear from the Pd and the Pdl’s electoral programmes». In fact, she particularly likes the Pd’s one because «there it does not place a 45% ceiling on advertising». In the final analysis, it would be even more favourable for Mediaset than the already very bland Gentiloni Law (which, just in passing, was never approved).
Here is what Uolter could say, in keeping Di Pietro company: that Berlusconi and his Ginas have not understood anything. The first decree to be promulgated by his Government would have the effect of mowing down the Gasparri Law (thus saving Italy from the already-announced European fine of 300 thousand Euro per day, retroactive from July 2006), as well as freeing RAI from the political parties and their Control, and that he would apply the provisions of the European decision and the two acknowledged decisions of the Consultative Council. In other words, taking away the frequencies from Rete4 and allocating them to Europa7. Who knows, perhaps through some straight talking on TV, we may be able to convince some of the uncertain left-wing voters, and maybe even some of the right wingers."

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April 05, 2008

At the Country’s expense

The case of Alitalia, a national airline that has failed, raising the spectre of bankruptcy and mass retrenchments, is not an isolated case. There are insufficient letters in the alphabet to list all of the problems that Italy is facing and there is an urgent need to act very decisively. The disaster in terms of image, caused by the fiasco of the buffalo mozzarella and the adulterated wine, has translated into heavy financial losses, particularly abroad.
The fact of the EU asking for explanations on a daily basis with regard to our foodstuff products, as well as Japan and China’s import ban, constitute long-term damage. The foreign consumer tends to associate the product at risk with Italy as a whole rather than with simply a small part of the Country, such as perhaps Naples or Tuscany. Trust is not quickly regained, not even with the ritual apologies. The final result could well be the rejection of any foodstuffs originating from Italy as a whole. Tourism is also experiencing similar problems. For the rest of the world, Alitalia is a symbol of Italy, and to see the company’s anguish splashed out on the front pages of the foreign tabloids as a result of losses incurred, amounting to 88 million Euro in February alone, and this, together with the images of the piles of refuse in Campania, keep the tourists away from Italy. Unfortunately, I could continue indefinitely along this path.
The electoral campaign is going on unabated, with a climate of promises and IOUs and, at the same time, with new emergencies arising daily, requiring action that is being put off until after the elections. It is almost as if, by some magic, the solutions to these problems will simply appear out of nowhere immediately after the 14th April. The Italia dei Valori Party has demanded Bassolino’s resignation, but Bassolino is still there. The Italia dei Valori Party has highlighted Silvio Berlusconi’s interference in the Alitalia-Air France negotiations. Interference that is probably dictated by his allies in the Lega Nord Party, in other words, by politics rather than by business considerations. Interference that is tantamount to insider trading and that caused the agreement with Air France to fall through, also thanks to the attitude displayed by the trades union. The fact that we are facing imminent elections is not a valid reason for anyone to hamstring the Country by passing on the problems to the new incumbent, or even to aggravate the situation further.

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April 03, 2008

I’m a friend of Pino Masciari

I want to launch an appeal, as a citizen and as a representative of Italia dei Valori. I want to launch this appeal in favour of Pino Masciari. Perhaps not all of you know him, but those who follow issues of justice should remember him.
Pino Masciari is a victim of the 'Ndrangheta, because as an entrepreneur, he decided not to suffer the pressures of those who wanted the “pizzo”, and to denounce them. We have important experiences of entrepreneurs who have made this choice: a woman entrepreneur, signora Cordopatri. She too, decided to react to the “pizzo”. She was attacked, she was injured and her brother was killed. We are putting her forward as a candidate in Parliament because we want to move these battles forward. But meanwhile, there’s a dramatic human problem. But also a problem of the judicial police. Pino Masciari, because he performed his duty, is now outside Calabria, because if he goes back they will kill him. He has been away from his territory for some time. He can’t carry on his business activity, living with body guards, living in the north under cover. That has been the situation up until now. But from today he no longer has this possibility
He would like not just the life of a justice witness, so that he is kept in security, and already this is missing for him, but he would like to be able to return to a normal life. For this reason, tired of waiting, he has decided to go back to Calabria and to say “I’m going there to face up to my destiny”.
Italia dei Valori doesn’t want Pino Masciari, or all the other like him, to feel alone. For this reason, it has made some decisions in the field. As well as launching this appeal, it is putting forward as a candidate, a person in the same condition, Teresa Cordopatri. In this way, they too, together with all of us in Parliament, can fight and stand up to this absurdity that makes life intolerable for those who do their duty, while those who go against the law can go into Parliament and make laws to get immunity.

Read also:
Pino Masciari’s Blog
IdV candidates: Teresa Cordopatri
Antonio Di Pietro on Break the mafia

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April 02, 2008

Voting papers

Today I have put forward a formal demand and a warm appeal: the formal demand is to the Minister of the Interior and to the President of the Council and the warm appeal is to the President of the Republic, asking for the redesign of the voting papers. This form is designed in such a way that the citizens cannot know nor can they work out which parties support the coalitions.

I’ll explain this better. But I’m asking you to have a look at this example of a voting paper. It has a box for each party. There is a row of boxes at the top and another row underneath. That’s true for the Senate. The same applies for the Lower House. In reality, in these elections, the game is to be played out between the two coalitions: the coalition led by Berlusconi, that has three parties, and the coalition led by Veltroni, that has two parties supporting it. How can you know which are these two coalitions? Each of us, when we go to vote, will find a load of parties, and it’s not obvious who is supporting whom, nor which party is supporting which candidate for the position of leader. The result is that each of us will be likely to, just because of that mass media message that Berlusconi is putting forward, and anyway the major parties, to vote for the biggest party so as not to throw away your vote. This is not the truth.

Veltroni is supported by two parties: the Democratic Party, but also by Italia dei Valori. So you have to know that the vote, to the Democratic Party or to Italia dei Valori, refers to the same programme and to the same candidate for the position of Premier. But in this way, with this design of the ballot paper, it is not obvious. It would have been enough to put the boxes in vertical columns, instead of horizontally, and we would have had intuitive and visual clarity about who are the two parties supporting the same candidate for the position of Premier.

I don’t want to believe that the reason why a design of this type has been used is exactly so as not to make it known that parties like Italia dei Valori are in an alliance, within a coalition and that they can ask for the useful vote. Personally, I think that the vote is useful for every party in which the voter trusts, but it is certainly a duty to make known to the voters which are the coalitions that support which candidate for the position of Premier.
Italia dei Valori is a political formation that is worth voting for, for two reasons: the first, of course, is because it is in a coalition and it is never a wasted vote; the second is because we of Italia dei Valori, unlike other parties of the coalition, we are committed to and we continue to commit all of us to certain fundamental topics: the conflict of interests, security, the reform of the justice system so that it can function, the elimination of “ad personam” laws, basically all that series of measures that give greater credibility to the institutions. We, for example, have not got as candidates people who are convicts, because we have requested a criminal records certificate, as well as election certificates. However, by using such a ballot paper, it seems that we have tarred everyone with the same brush, and this is no good.
Raise this issue. You too, do some campaigning to put the pressure on. Write to the institutions and to this blog as well. With this design, you will not be put in a condition of being able to exercise your right to vote properly.

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Raiset’s Disinformation

Today I want to go back to the issue of the Authorities, that I talked about the day before yesterday. I have received a sharp reply from one of the Authorities, the one that I feel is the most compromised. It’s Agcom, the Information Authority, a body that should be totally independent, that is made up of persons appointed by the parties, generally former Parliamentarians, some of whom are even rejects. A controller that should control all the controlled ones by whom it has been appointed.

Today they got angry because yesterday I said that these Authorities, just as they are, it would be better to eliminate them because, they don’t serve their function: that of guaranteeing tertiary interests, independence and above all functionality.

Today Agcom has given an angry response, saying that it is carrying out a big task of gathering evidence and controlling the respect of the “par condicio”. It is true, but this is still more serious. It is true that it is gathering evidence with regard to the extent that the “par condicio” is being evaded, violated and outraged by some parties present in the elections, and it is true that this has been brought to light even in relation to Italia dei Valori. In fact, on average, Italia dei Valori has thirty seconds for the thirty minutes that the other parties have. This is something they have picked up, at my request and at my demand. It’s a shame, however, that they haven’t resolved the problem and that they haven’t imposed a remedy. For us we don’t need a doctor who indicates that a tumour exists, but we need a doctor who cures the tumour, the tumour of democracy and the violation of the law.

There are parties, and above all, TV channels, starting with those of the State, that violate the law. There are broadcasts that are in violation of the law as they do not ensure the respect of equal opportunities. There is an Authority, the Authority for Communications, that has this task to ensure the law is respected, that ascertains that it has been violated and does nothing.

Surely on 14 April they’ll say I’m right, saying that they should have done something. But on 14 April the voters will have already voted, and we of Italia dei Valori will not be in a position to give out correct information. For example, the big disinformation that the State TV channels are carrying out, but also the Mediaset channels and other channels, is that of giving it to believe that Italia dei Valori is a party that is not participating in the forthcoming elections. At the next elections, however, this party is there, definitely.
The party is participating in a restricted alliance with the Democratic Party, and as candidate for the post of Premier, it has Veltroni and a single programme. This means that correct information, each time they name Veltroni as candidate for the Premier, they should say that Veltroni is supported by two parties, the Democratic Party and Italia dei Valori.
The RAI always forgets to name it and even worse is Mediaset, because there is no wish to have Italia dei Valori in Parliament, because, and the problem is always the same, because we insist on having a law on telecommunications, that gives greater plurality and independence to the public service and to information. We want a law that resolves the conflict of interests, and we want a law that, in relation to justice, deals with the solid problems of the justice system and not of the chief world systems.

This is why I am turning to the Internet and to you, telling you to pay attention to these things. I have this newspaper in my hand, because there is the usual article by Marco Travaglio who gives information about something that these networks have not spoken. Try reading the article, in which you see how yesterday the magistracy intervened, more than once, with exemplary convictions of people who now will go into Parliament to represent us. But naturally, the big press, the public information of the State, the big information channels forget this. So, for us, we can do no other that use the Internet, and above all, there’s just that Italia dei Valori can go into Parliament as strong as possible, to carry forward these themes of liberty, equality and transparency."

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