Related
Berlusconi says jail sentence for tax fraud is… 27/10/2012 00:05 CET
Berlusconi’s political opponents celebrate 27/10/2012 01:06 CET
Slick Silvio convicted but he’s not in jail yet 27/10/2012 13:33 CET
Berlusconi sentenced to jail for tax fraud 26/10/2012 18:14 CET
Ruby testifies on Berlusconi’s ‘Bunga Bunga’ parties 17/05/2013 14:57 CET
Former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi will stay in politics with the aim of reforming his country’s justice system, but he will not be a candidate to become PM.
The 76-year-old billionaire media magnate made the announcement to reporters in Lesmo in the wake of a Milan court sentencing him to four years in jail for tax fraud.
“Our democracy is not real. We live under a dictatorship ruled by the judges. We don’t live in a democracy but in a ‘magistratocracy’. So I feel an obligation to stay in politics and to focus my next political activity on the reform of the Justice,” he said.
Last Wednesday Berlusconi for years the dominant politician of the centre right said he would not contest next years elections.
The court sentence included a five-year ban on running for political office but does not come into force until all appeals are exhausted so leaving him free to stand in 2013.
More about: Italy, Media, Silvio Berlusconi, Television, TrialCopyright © 2013 euronews
Top Stories
Iran: Ahmadinejad challenges ally Mashaei’s election ban
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is challenging the ban of close aide Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei…
Third night of rioting hits Stockholm suburbs
Youths set fire to cars and buildings as rioting continued for a third night in the suburbs of…
Efforts shift from rescue to recovery in tornado-hit…
Search and rescue teams are continuing to scour rubble for survivors in tornado-ravaged Oklahoma…
Latest world news
Third night of rioting hits Stockholm suburbs- Oklahoma: Before and after the tornado – Photos
- Efforts shift from rescue to recovery in tornado-hit…
- Iran: Ahmadinejad challenges ally Mashaei’s election ban
- Oscar Pistorius’ brother cleared over woman’s death
- France: dramatic suicide reignites same-sex marriage furore
- Jupiter, Venus and Mercury prepare for ‘Dance of the…
- Sinai: Egyptian hostages released – army spokesman
- Relieved parents tell of reunion
- Oklahoma rescue almost over
