Niccolò Ghedini, if you did not know, is Silvio Berlusconi’s chief defense lawyer. Ghedini also happens to be, conveniently perhaps, a member of Italy’s parliament.
It is possible that Ghedini will continue to sit in Italy’s parliament as he has been nominated, once again and along with another member of the Berlusconi defense team, as a candidate by Silvio Berlusconi’s PdL party in the forthcoming 2013 elections.
Now while Ghedini may well be a very productive lawyer, he’s not exactly the most productive elected representative of the people Italy has ever had. Quite the opposite, in fact.
According to OpenPolis, a website which monitors the productivity of Italy’s politicians, Ghedini is the least productive member of Italy’s parliament.
In fact, in terms of political productivity, Ghedini sits in 622nd place which is right at the bottom of the OpenPolis ranking.
It is, of course, difficult to be productive when you are not present. Unsurprisingly, the honorable Ghedini does not have a particularly good record on this front either.
Rarely There
A representative of a district of Venice and member of Berlusconi’s PdL party, Ghedini was absent from parliament over 81% of the time.
Other Commitments?
Stop reading, start speaking
Stop translating in your head and start speaking Italian for real with the only audio course that prompt you to speak.
Could it be that ‘other commitments’ to a certain client have been keeping Ghedini from representing those who voted for him?
Even though he’s not actually present much of the time, Ghedini has not, as far as I am aware, waived his generous parliamentary salary.
It is is little odd, is it not, that a parliamentarian who could not find the time to do much parliamentary work should be presented for re-election.
Will Ghedini do a better job of representing the interests of his electorate after the 2013 elections?
Not Transparent
Unlike other MPs, Ghedini keeps quiet about his earnings and you will find no voluntary declaration of how much he makes on the list here: Declarations of Earnings and Estate by some of Italy’s Members of Parliament
For being Italy’s least productive parliamentarian, Niccolò Ghedini earns himself the title of Alleged Italian Rogue of the week on Italy Chronicles.
Aside from protecting the interests of his clients as a lawyer, Ghedini has been involved in politics in Italy since the late 1970s.
