Berlusconi completely fucked as Senate vote on whether to expel him from office looms

[smurfy]

A couple of weeks back, a bunch of politicians from Berlusconi's party [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24966934]split off[/url] to form their own non-insane centre-right party
[quote]The centre-right faction of Silvio Berlusconi has split, dealing another political setback to the former Italian prime minister.

Angelino Alfano, the deputy prime minister, said he and colleagues were forming a new centre-right party.

It comes as Berlusconi prepares to relaunch Forza Italia, the party that brought him to power two decades ago.[/quote]

This essentially ruined Berlusconi, because even if he withdraws his entire party from the coalition government, it can still survive with the support of these guys

Then on Sunday [url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/11/24/uk-italy-berlusconi-president-idUKBRE9AN0I120131124]the president said btw I'm not going to pardon you lmao[/url]
[quote]Italy's president on Sunday rejected Silvio Berlusconi's call for a pardon over his conviction for tax fraud and told the centre-right leader he must stay within the law in his protests if he is expelled from parliament this week.

A statement from President Giorgio Napolitano's office said the four times prime minister had not only failed to behave in a way that might have made a pardon possible, but had "expressed judgments and intentions of extreme gravity."[/quote]

So then he [url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/silvio-berlusconi-pleads-with-senate-not-to-expel-him-8963174.html]begged the Senate[/url] not to kick him out
[quote]Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has begged senators not to kick him out of parliament, claiming new evidence proves he did not commit tax fraud, in a last-ditch bid to stave off a vote that could keep him out of public office for years.

Berlusconi claimed that new statements from 12 witnesses and 15,000 pages of documentation from Hong Kong prove he is innocent - even though his tax fraud trial is over and his guilty verdict has been upheld by Italy's highest court.

Berlusconi wrote to senators from the centre-left Democratic Party and populist Five Star Movement 48 hours before the Senate is due to vote on whether to kick him out of parliament because of the conviction.

He said Italy's democracy is at stake with the vote.[/quote]

And just now he [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25114636]withdrew his party from the government[/url], but it still survives anyway and is probably better off
[quote]Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has withdrawn his support from the coalition government - ahead of a vote on a budget for 2014.

His Forza Italia party is moving into opposition days after a split in the centre-right group he led since 2007.

The move comes a day before the Senate is due to vote to expel Berlusconi from parliament over a criminal conviction.[/quote]

So right now Berlusconi and his party are out of government, and tomorrow he may be expelled from the Senate

[EmperorScorpious]

Any time I feel crappy about my American government, I just look at the Italian government to feel better :v:

[Nerts]

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42991929]Any time I feel crappy about my American government, I just look at the Italian government to feel better :v:[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't, they're actually kicking corrupt politicians out of office.

[RaptorJGW]

[QUOTE=Rents;42991974]I wouldn't, they're actually kicking corrupt politicians out of office.[/QUOTE]

Took them long enough with Berlusconi.