13 April 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.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Politics