Silvio Berlusconi made a blitz during the TV programme Ballarò on Rai 3. Towards the end of the programme he called and protested because TV shows always talk about him when he is not present, without being able to reply. Then he started to talk briefly against the public TV channels and the justice system. He said that in Rai there are a great number of left-wing journalists which are exploited by the opposition parties.

He also reproached Floris, the host of the programme, because he criticizes the government, just like his colleagues in Rai, with the money of Italian people. So, Floris is not paid to criticized the government’s activity. The host tried, even with some difficulty, to explain that amongst people invited to the show there were Ignazio La Russa and Angelino Alfano, two ministers of his government and so his political side had the chance to reply.

The Prime Minister also heavily accused the justice system. He said that the communist judges emit verdicts and that magistrates are the real opposition in Italy. “The Italian abnormality, said the Prime Minister, is not Silvio Berlusconi, but the communist judges that swept to power when he entered politics, and so they attack him for this reason…”. As far as the Democratic Party is concerned, Berlusconi said that the old Communist Party is back. Berlusconi also silenced and reproached Floris many times, but Floris managed to remain calm.

Translated by Chiara Nunnari from John Milton Institute