[The Independent]
remark was thrown there at the end of a press conference but still ringing in our ears: Silvio Berlusconi wants to turn the form of government of Italy in a presidential republic, such as the French or American.
Proposal harmless after all, one might think. Today the figure of the Italian president is largely ceremonial. No one could argue that the Italian Government to be the best of 'effectiveness. A commander in chief could revive the fortunes of the country.
The problem is that nobody has doubts about Mr Berlusconi's preferred candidate for the job: himself.
has long been known that Berlusconi wants to end his career as president but it was assumed that he would be satisfied with a figurehead.
The proposal of the "presidential system" (in Italian in the text, NDT) was immediately torpedoed by both allies and opponents. But he confirmed the fear that grips many Italians for 15 years: the man they call "Il Cavaliere" will not be satisfied except with the dictatorial power.
And the uncomfortable truth is that this is the direction in which it is moving, even without putting his hands on the constitution. His allies in the coalition give much less problems than last time. The reason, they say, is that they are on his payroll. These are the benefits of being a billionaire to power.
Meanwhile the opposition is in disarray, with the center-left politicians across the country under investigation for alleged corruption cases.
Then, over the weekend, a sudden ray of hope. Maybe Berlusconi would prefer to spend his last years in a tropical paradise as Craxi, the disgraced his last mentor. During a
riunone of journalists at his apartment in Rome, Berlusconi denounced the weakness of Italian investigators for the wiretaps. "If some of my conversations were being intercepted me to go 'abroad. Was it really serious?
A Plan" lunatic "
If it was, could go further and become the first politician on the moon. An Italian company, Team Italy, is competing for the prize of $ 30 million offered as a prize by Google for the first private company that manages to send a vehicle on the moon exploratory and back on earth. The space tourism and luxury hotels are orbiting the next step. If the prime minister might be available to volunteer to get on board would make a great favor to his country.
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How to deal with a disaster? Tibetan monks have their own unique way. The meditation center of an important Buddhist monastery near Pisa has been reduced to ashes by a fire which destroyed the altar, text and icons. The Lama Rinpoche Dagri simply said to the monks: "Every large monastery had big problems."
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