published an article by El País of December 5, 2010 (translation from Italy from abroad):
Berlusconi swears on his "children and grandchildren "he did not do business with Putin
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi returned to deny having taken advantage of the country's international relations, as advocated by Wikileaks releases of mentioning the sources of his own party, the opposition and Government of Georgia.
In an attempt to consolidate the weight of his words, Berlusconi has used a formula already used in the past, swear on his children, but with a twist: this time also included her grandchildren. "I can swear on my children and my grandchildren that I never earned a dollar and I've always worked in the interests of my country," he said.
Speaking by phone to a meeting of Berlusconi's People of Freedom, that next Dec. 14 will face a no confidence motion in Parliament, has opened for the first time he retired from politics: "I am aware that I have a certain age ( 74 years) and that sooner or later I'll retire, "he said," but only when I pass the baton to accomplish the Government's program and certainly ever the leaders of the old policy, but the new generation of politicians. "
attacked Berlusconi Gianfranco Fini, his ally until last July, and the Christian Democrat leader Pier Ferdinando Casini, its ally in government between 2001 and 2006 and is now one of the signatories of a motion of no confidence against him. "Casini, the sole aim of eliminating Silvio Berlusconi to take his place," he said. And on Fini, albeit without naming him, said that "it is a total inconsistency" and that "personal ambitions, the country's government wants to hand over to the left." According
Knight, his current enemies of the center-right "types of second-row" and "aspiring political leaders of the party" who "have never done anything important for the country" and are "carrying out a project to destroy the credibility of Italy."
The all-out attack comes just days after reports of the news that Wikileaks has revealed that the diplomacy of the United States suspects that Berlusconi's staff have benefited from energy contracts entered into between
Italy and Russia, according to his right hand man, Gianni Letta and her dear friend Giampiero Cantoni, the prime minister is "paying the price of his sex scandals, families, and judicial," is "politically and physically weak, he sleeps little because participates in "partying hard" and does not trust even their intelligence.
Without citing sources, today Berlusconi has described himself as a "star" of international politics: "Imagine if one of them to sit at a table of international negotiations to defend the Italian position," he joked. And recalling the recent summit held in Kazakhstan OECD added: "I was the star. All were to take a picture with me. In my experience, and because everyone knows me as a tycoon (magnate), and not just because I'm a politician. "
( Original article by Miguel Mora )
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