I think this is a record in western politics for a prime minister: 4 different trials in 40 days. This is what is facing Berlusconi soon, as his Rubygate trial begins, and his previous three trials resume. Another probable record breaker instead is that Berlusconi is the most persecuted prime minister in western civilisation. Adding on, he has recently claimed to have spent over 200 million euro in order to defend himself in the courts, setting yet again a record for a prime minister. In fact, Berlusconi himself regularly defends himself, in his "style", saying he has been so outstanding in the past that he now has a lot of money, which in turn allows him to defend himself from judges who are trying to pursue a "vendetta" on him. Im am not exactly sure why the judges would be doing this, however Berlusconi has been put under trial many times in the past, and not yet found guilty in any one and this is why, Berlusconi says, the magistrates (some the same) are trying to take "revenge". This latest Rubygate scandal is by far the most controversial, to say the least, of all the Berlusxoni trials, past and presnt. Again as I probably already said before, I really couldn't care less to know what a regular person does in his private life. However for a prime minister, things are a bit different. Anyway, in this case, the magistrates are claiming Berlusconi had sex with an underage girl, which is for sure something the general italian population should know about their prime minister. To know the truth, or at least the judiciary truth, we will have to wait for the hearings of the trial to end, which might take a while. However, for Italy, the outcome can only be negative. If the magistrates are right, then Italy voted a paedophile since 1994, which is definitely not good (I'll stop there!). If on the other hand Berlusconi is right, then it would mean that a lot of the italian magistrates are pursuing their own personal interests instead of following the law (not that Italians are good at that, but at least magistrates should!), making the whole Italian judiciary system a big joke! Of course both could be true(!), so whichever the truth, it all looks bad for Italy.
