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Italy’s Judges are Communists

Berlusconi

That Italy’s judiciary is a communist coven is a claim Italy’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi makes virtually daily.

Recently, in the face of Rubygate these claims have reached a new crescendo.

But is it true? Has Italy’s judiciary been penetrated by communist infiltrators? In other words, is there any evidence that Berlusconi’s mantra that judges in Italy are communists is true?

Berlusconi’s Lawyers: Niccolò Ghedini and Piero Longo

Silvio Berlusconi

By now most people will know that Italy’s controversial prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is facing charges in connection with prostitution and abuse of office. As you might expect Berlusconi’s case is being managed by two of Italy’s top lawyers.

One is Niccolò Ghedini and the other is Piero Longo, and both are members of Berlusconi’s party and are serving parliamentarians.

Mass Protests in Italy Against Berlusconi

Anti-Berlusconi protest in Milan, Italy

I was at the Milan ‘if not now, when?’ – ‘se non ora, quando?’ anti-Berlusconi protest today.

There were lots of people there, and even if the theme of the protest was the dignity of women, there were plenty of men, families, and children, there too.

Ruby, Bunga Bunga, Berlusconi and Gifts

Silvio Berlusconi

Very shortly it looks as if Italy’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is going to receive a summons to appear in court on charges of having paid for illegal sex with a minor.

That minor Ruby, who was 17 at the time and thus below the age of consent for prostitutes, which is 18 in Italy, is denying having had sex with Berlusconi.

No Berlusconi Day in Today in Italy

It’s not too often that a country’s citizens get riled enough to organise days dedicated to getting rid of a current prime minister, especially one who claims to be the best and most popular prime minister his country has ever had.

Is Life in Italy So bad?

At the end of the day, despite bickering politicians and dodgy organisation, life in Italy is not that bad.