Berlusconi exploits attack for political gain

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is exploiting the attack against his person to pursue his undemocratic goal of establishing a single party system in Italy, writes the left-liberal daily La Repubblica: "It all comes down to annexing the political blocks across the entire spectrum by means of gangs and castes. The rest happens automatically. Reforms that come from above, like the constitutions of the 19th century which were designed to give sham parties room for role-playing. A command society like under the Ancien Régime. A company constitution that favours post-democratic decisionism. And on the horizon, together with the state pardon for His Highness the Prime Minister, and thanks to the little laws ad personam or the colossal amount of horse-trading [the opposition seems inclined to relent at the moments, at least as far as the prime minister's immunity is concerned] the scenario that threatens the democratic system is taking shape: a single party endowed with huge popularity ratings and a sense of liberation from the hate prevalent in today's disillusioned democratic Italy."

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