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Italian Premier Minister Berlusconi stated that he is not pleased by the results of the administrative elections, but Moratti\u2019s defeat is due to disinformation and Italian media cartel being against him.<\/h1>\nItalian Premier Minister Berlusconi stated that he is not pleased by the results of the administrative elections, but Moratti\u2019s defeat is due to disinformation and Italian media cartel being against him.<\/h1>\nThe results at the administrative elections depended on the choice of candidates. Sources close to Silvio Berlusconi report that this was the prime minister\u2019s analysis of the vote at the People of Freedom\u2019s (PDL) president\u2019s office. Mr Berlusconi then added that no political significance should be read into the administrative election results. Whatever the case, he added, \u201cwe are on the field\u201d and intend to play, not least because \u201cit would be folly to hand the city to the far Left\u201d. The excitement stirred by leaks from Palazzo Grazioli, which were picked up by most of the news agencies quoting an anonymous source present at the meeting, forced the PM\u2019s spokesman Paolo Bonaiuti to issue a denial: \u201cI was there and the remarks about the second round ascribed to Berlusconi are not true\u201d. Nevertheless, the prime minister himself returned to the topic on the Porta a Porta talk show: \u201cAdministrative elections are special, influenced by the choice of candidate, the candidate\u2019s personality and the confrontation with another candidate.<\/p>\n
Mr Berlusconi went over the administrative elections results again on Bruno Vespa\u2019s talk show, admitting that as far as the PDL was concerned, \u201cwe are not satisfied\u201d. Mr Berlusconi said: \u201cWe are on 26.42%. Obviously, we are not satisfied but you have to remember the very special voting system. When I went into the booth to vote, they gave me a tablecloth voting paper. I had a hard time finding the PDL among the avalanche of other symbols\u201d. The PM went on: \u201cWe in the PDL have no more to complain about than all the other parties that have had setbacks of major proportions. The Democratic Party (PD) has slipped back to 21.86%. It has literally slumped in regions like Campania, Lazio and Calabria whereas it did better in the north\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr Berlusconi said he did not regard the Milan result as a vote against the government he represents and accused what he called a \u201cterrifying media cartel\u201d. \u201cMajor newspapers, starting with the Corriere della Sera, the privately owned SKY and La7 television channels and the RAI everybody pays for, are all with the Left\u201d. He added: \u201cMs Moratti\u2019s defeat is down to media disinformation\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr Berlusconi pulled no punches attacking the Centre-left\u2019s second-round challengers. ‘De Magistris\u00a0is good-looking but totally incompetent. He has no political substance. No one who has a head on his or her shoulders could possibly vote for him. Anyone who votes for him should take a look in the mirror and say \u2018I have no brain”. On Pisapia, the PM observed: \u201cHe has tabled bills in Parliament to protect terrorists and subversives, and in favour of euthanasia\u201d. According to the prime minister, Mr Pisapia is incapable of running Milan \u201cbecause has never run so much as a newsstand\u201d while \u201cMoratti, and Lettieri in Naples, have both managed companies with outstanding ability\u201d.<\/p>\n
The premier then discussed the state of national politics. \u201cI would like to reassure you that the alliance of the PDL and Northern League is the only alternative and the only government alliance possible. I would like to assure everyone that the government has a strong majority backing it and will see the legislature through to the end, making the reforms that are indispensable\u201d. On the talk show, Mr Berlusconi also revealed that last July \u201c[economy minister \u2013 Ed.] Tremonti and the Northern League thought the time was right for an election but my sense of responsibility prompted me to rule this out at a time of global crisis. When ratings agencies continued to believe in us only because of the government\u2019s stability, losing that stability would have meant exposing the country to attacks from international speculators\u201d.<\/p>\n
THE GOVERNMENT AND REFORMS \u2013 Earlier, Mr Berlusconi had said he was relaxed about the government\u2019s solidity, particularly after the latest vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies on the omnibus decree law, with 313 deputies in favour and 291 against. He claimed there were \u201ctwo fantastic years of work coming up. At last, with this new majority we can carry out the reforms\u201d, starting with tax reform \u201cso taxpayers are no longer oppressed\u201d. Mr Berlusconi referred specifically to Giulio Tremonti\u2019s remarks, maintaining it was time to do away with \u201ctax clamps\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would be absolutely willing to step down if the moderate area were to reconstitute itself in consequence and there were some individual regarded by the entire moderate area as the only possible leader\u201d. He added: \u201cThere\u2019s total bedlam in the PDL every time I bring up the subject of a successor. I think I have everyone\u2019s goodwill and if all Italians knew me, I would have a 100% approval rating. In any case, I am tackling the succession issue. I\u2019m creating a new, very able, governing class. There are some excellent ministers in the government. Names have been bandied about but this is always dangerous, both for those who have been named and for those who haven\u2019t\u201d.<\/p>\n
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