How many lives does Berlusconi have? The controversial former Italian minister who is voiced for the presidency

It is still alive and well. And the explanation for that at 85 years old Silvio Berlusconi be one of those voiced for the presidency Italian surely it seems obvious to you: “I am the Jesus Christ of politics. I’m a patient victim, I sacrifice myself for everything”.

“He is a cat with seven lives, a character who has been through everything”, Explains Enrique Banús, director of the Institute for European Studies at the University of Piura.

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Successful businessman you saw in the AC Milan a way to consecrate themselves before the fans and create an electoral platform. Unlike others who were interested in that same path –Mauricio Macri, for example – Berlusconi ran a media empire. One plus one, the politics was the next step.

From then on, his personal adventures took on greater prominence than his political achievements. No matter that he visited a coat and tie, public opinion saw the party character and scoundrel.

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“It has its pull, that’s pretty clear”Adds Banús. “It seems horrible to me and it would be very surprising if he were elected as president.”.

The same opinion has the group that met a few days ago to protest against the possibility of the man of questionable morals occupying that position. Because it would be worth remembering that he knowingly had sex with a minor (Karima El Marough), and who organized the famous parties “flowers“That he disguised as elegant dinners and that were really meetings where”young models dressed as nuns, Obama or Ronaldinho dancedUntil undressing.

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Silvio Berlusconi was president of the AC Milan football club (AP Photo / Luca Bruno) (Luca Bruno /)

How feasible is it that whoever has already been Italian Prime Minister three times will now become the President of the Republic?

“It is important to note that this is not a direct choice. There is a special chamber that elects the president”, Clarifies Banús.

Indeed, this January 24, in a special session of the Parliament, the representatives of the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate and representatives of the regions of Italy to designate who will occupy said position for seven years.

The functions? The president is in charge of receiving diplomatic representatives and ratifying international treaties. In addition, you can pardon and commute sentences.

He is also in charge of forming a government. It is, finally, a “policy referee”.

Banús explains: “For that position, old glories are usually chosen and someone who is beyond partisan interests is sought.”.

“That, in the case of Berlusconi, is not so clear”.

Banús maintains that the Berlusconi government was not bad “from the political point of view ”. Furthermore, he represents the capitalist right wing. which may be attractive if one takes into account that the last left governments “have been unstable.”

“Remember the mayor of Rome [, Virginia Raggi]. She came in like a rising star and it’s been disastrous”.

Silvio Berlusconi has been Prime Minister of Italy three times, the last one between May 2008 and November 2011. REUTERS / Remo Casilli / File Photo (REMO CASILLI /)

A complicated goal

It is true that Silvio Berlusconi He maintains a certain position of power within Italian politics, but it is also true that the years are already taking their toll on him. The Italian political scientist Francesco Tucci he notes that his leadership ability has been greatly reduced.

“He has not reached 85 very well. He has health problems, he has lost the lucidity he had and that has become evident”.

“During the last elections he was wrong several times when talking about the electoral program of his party”.

Now there is only the shadow of that “war machineIt used to be.

Do you see him as the next president?

Tucci remembers how these kinds of choices often happen.

“He would have had to strategically hide his candidacy. When a candidate is spoken of before meetings, the name is burned”.

“Now, we must also take into account the judgments against him and how all that discredits him”.

In 2008, for example, he was accused of buying the vote of a senator and causing the fall of the government of Romano Prodi. The case prescribed in 2018.

Not to mention the legal battle he had with his ex-wife Veronica Lario for ten years.

“In addition, Prime Minister Mario Draghi could be a candidate for the presidency. He has already said that he has no problem, that, if he needs him to stabilize the country, he will do what is necessary.”.

“Draghi likes the center-left very much, they want him as president, so they are going to collide with the center-right”.

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