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Berlusconi cries "Forza Italia!" vows to stay in politics

2013-09-18 29 Dailymotion

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi vows to stay in the spotlight of Italian politics ... despite his expected expulsion from parliament on a tax fraud conviction.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Italian) FORMER ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, SILVIO BERLUSCONI, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Go Italy! Go Italy! Go Italy!"<br/> <br />In an televised address just before a Senate committee was expected to throw him out of politics, he called on voters to relaunch his Forza Italia campaign, which catapulted him into government in 1994.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Italian) FORMER ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, SILVIO BERLUSCONI, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I will always be with you, at your side, expelled from parliament or not. You can be a politician without being in parliament. It is not the parliamentary seat that makes a leader, but popular consensus - your consensus."<br/> <br />As a punishment, Berlusconi is expected to serve a one-year term in house arrest or do community service, instead of going to jail.<br/> <br />That's pared down from a four-ye

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