Saturday, October 26, 2013

Italie: Silvio Berlusconi relance son ancien parti Forza Italia. -Le parti reste toutefois divisé entre "colombes" pro-gouvenement et "faucons" pro-Berlusconiens de l'autre.

L'ancien premier ministre italien Silvio Berlusconi a relancé vendredi soir son ancien parti Forza Italia et confirmé qu'il "continuerait à soutenir le gouvernement" de coalition gauche-droite d'Enrico Letta.
 
"Nous continuerons à soutenir le gouvernement", a déclaré le Cavaliere lors d'une conférence de presse à l'issue d'une réunion du Peuple de la Liberté (Pdl), un parti destiné donc à disparaître, tandis que Forza Italia, créé il y a près de 20 ans, va renaître.
Forza Italia est le nom du parti que le Cavaliere avait fondé en 1994, lors de son entrée en politique, avec des cadres de sa holding Fininvest, qui détenait déjà trois chaînes de télévision, des journaux, les éditions Mondadori, ainsi que le Milan AC.
Vendredi soir, le retour de Forza Italia a "été voté à l'unanimité", a précisé Silvio Berlusconi, mais en l'absence des cinq ministres Pdl du gouvernement, dont le vice-premier ministre, en charge de l'Intérieur, Angelino Alfano.


Chef de file des "colombes", ce dernier avait lancé la rébellion, après l'annonce par Silvio Berlusconi, fin septembre, de retirer tous ses ministres du gouvernement, y compris Angelino Alfano. Contre toute attente, le Pdl avait fini par voter la confiance au gouvernement Letta.

Le parti reste toutefois divisé entre "colombes" pro-gouvenement et "faucons" pro-Berlusconiens de l'autre.

Au sein du Pdl, "il existe des contrastes et des incompréhensions personnelles", a-t-il souligné, mais "nous continuons à mettre l'accent sur notre volonté d'unité".

Pour le moment, le gouvernement Letta semble être pour l'instant sauvé. Mais Silvio Berlusconi, qui risque de perdre son poste de sénateur si la haute chambre vote sa déchéance, en raison de sa condamnation définitive à un an de prison ferme pour fraude fiscale, ne compte pas en rester là.
AFP
 (rtbf.be)
25/10/13 
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1 comment:

  1. Italy's Berlusconi launches revamped party, retakes center-right leadership...

    ROME, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday relaunched his center-right party under the name he first won power with in 1994, Forza Italia, reassuring his support to the country's left-right government if his ministers are loyalist to him.

    Berlusconi announced the decision in a press conference following a meeting with loyalists members of his current People of Freedom (PdL) party, which is the second largest member of Prime Minister Enrico Letta's fragile coalition.

    The PdL's pro-government moderates, led by Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Angelino Alfano, did not take part in the meeting.

    Alfano, who is also the PdL secretary, will not have the same role in the new Berlusconi-led Forza Italia, Berlusconi pointed out, adding that he will choose the new party leaders.

    He also confirmed his confidence to the PdL ministers, namely Alfano, Minister of Agriculture Nunzia Di Girolamo, Minister of Health Beatrice Lorenzin, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Maurizio Lupi and Minister of Constitutional Reforms Gaetano Quagliariello, "if they are faithful to the party decisions taken by a majority" of Forza Italia.

    Berlusconi called the meeting following his failed attempt to bring down the government. Some party members disobeyed him for the first time ahead of a crucial confidence vote in parliament, in the wake of the highest court's decision to make definitive a tax-fraud conviction against him.

    Berlusconi's defeat was interpreted by international analysts as a sign of his weakness and possible political end. The three-time premier has always claimed to be the target of left-wing magistrates who are trying to end his career.

    Earlier this week, prosecutors in Naples sent the 77-year-old media tycoon to trial for allegedly bribing a senator to change political sides.

    Berlusconi is also waiting for serving one year of social work, while the Senate has to vote in the next weeks on whether to strip him of his parliament seat following the tax-fraud conviction.

    In addition, he is appealing other sentences in separate probes on paying a minor for sex and abusing his power to cover it up, and for being involved in the publication of an illegally obtained wiretap in Italian courts.
    http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/26/c_125601751.htm
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