Stories and News

Stories and News No. 191 The Italian government cashed its 34th confidence vote on its own decree. This is one of many tools at its disposal. That’s part of its power. Indeed, P ower with a capital P , because we are talking about the government of a country. If we then add all other powers, derived from the many interests of Prime Minister – never in conflict with them, the P becomes colossal. Moreover, if we reflect on the consequences of all the so-called necessary laws in recent years Berlusconi passed, we will disappear before that p. We citizens are becoming increasingly smaller in front of our government, busy with all rather than real problems of the country. Sure, some Berlusconi fan may disagree, considering me as just a partisan, biased and not objective guy. So I ask myself: what will the ordinary loyal to the PDL people earn by the wiretapping bill? And here are 7 questions , one for each point of the law… The Story: By the seven points of the wiretapping bill: 1. D...

Stories and News No. 174 I have ever been convinced that the real power of Berlusconi's government on the one hand lies in its ability in communicate itself to the people - with the advantage of television monopoly, of course - and on other in never effective critics by opponents. For example, think about the wiretapping bill devised by the brilliant mind of the Italy Justice minister Angelino Alfano . Yesterday in Senate the committee has approved a picturesque amendment to the decree is called gag law ( legge bavaglio ) by its detractors. In summary, the amendment provides this: to capture a phone call there must be serious evidence of crime; the wiretapping are possible for suspected users that, based on specific acts of investigation, are aware of the facts for being prosecuted . The wiretapping must be absolutely essential to the continuation of the surveys and visual footage must be made in places that belong to suspects, always based on specific acts of investigation, who ...