Silvio Berlusconi's supporters «silent protesting»

Monday, 11 March, 2013 (Saint Leander of Seville). As the Vatican's cardinals join the papal conclave a crowd of centre-right lawmakers protest against Silvio Berlusconi going on trial on charges of paying for sex with an ander-age girl and abusing of his power as PM.

The plan A was to avoid the trial by sending a fax (a few faxes) stating that Silvio Berlusconi conjunctivitis-caused sensitivity to light (or uveitis, to be more precise, see our blog's post on the sunbject by clicking here) doesn't allow the former prime minister of Italy to attend to the so called Rubygate sex scandal trial Monday's session.

But it didn't work out, because of «a Stalinist court that sent Nazi doctors to examine Berlusconi,», said the Berlusconi's PdL (People of Liberty) Party exponent's Fabrizio Cicchitto (who - by the way - is a former Marxist-winger of the Italian Socialist Party; he might even know something about Stalinism and Nazism, innit?). A "Stalinist court", which is "more dangerous than the Sicilian Mafia", we might say, combining Cicchitto version with Silvio's opinion.

Souvenir photo of a "silent protest" in favour of Silvio Berlusconi. Can you spot anyone?

Anyhow. The plan did not work out, so the staunch supporters of Silvio had to do something, and they decided to go for a “silent protest” (even though Silvio himself told them refrain from doing so... but did he really meant it?).

Whatever. They did it. But the prosecutors think it's just a “delaying tactic”. And this is considered "scandalous and not worthy of the normal functioning of a justice system," by Angelino Alfano, the secretary of People of Freedom party.

Giorgia Iafrate, the Chief Constable Silvio Berlusconi might have deceived

Result? Nothing, they just went on with it, as usual, waiting for the final verdict, which should come soon (but a pope could be elected even sooner...). Mr Berlusconi is charged of having paid to have sex with a minor, nightclub dancer Karima El Mahroug aka Ruby the Heartstealer, and abused of his powers as a prime minister (he called a police station pressing the staff - among them Chief Constable Giorgia Iafrate) for the release of Mahroug into the hands of his trustworthy associate Nicole Minetti. Ruby was being held on suspicion of theft.

P.S.: By the way, amongst the other the following politicians took part in the “silent demonstration” in favour of the ex-premier, if you are an expert of Italian politics, you might be able to spot them on the photo: Angelino Alfano (People of Liberty's secretary), (former unionist and Lazio region's chair) Renata Polverini, (Berlusconi's favourite dictator's granddaughter) Alessandra Mussolini, (Berlusconi's favourite redhead) Michela Vittoria Brambilla, (former minister and former carabineer) Carlo Giovanardi, ("nice piece of ass") Daniela Santanchè, (former minister) Mariastella Gelmini, (former secretary of Italian Radicals' party) Daniele Capezzone, and "responsible" Domenico Scilipoti and Antonio Razzi.

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