Detail Silvio Berlusconi's troubles: Justice can be ever so inconvenient   Oleh:  The Economist Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 393 no. 8652 (Oct. 2009), page 53. Topik: Silvio Berlusconi; Justice; Immunity Law Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.57 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel SO IT did not work. On October 7th Italy’s constitutional court threw out Silvio Berlusconi’s latest wheeze for putting himself above the law. The judges voted by nine to six that an immunity law passed last year was unconstitutional. It would have shielded from prosecution not only the prime minister, but also the president and the speakers of both houses of parliament. The judges decided that such a step required a constitutional reform, not a mere law. An earlier immunity law had been rejected by the same court in 2004. The prime minister has long claimed to be the victim of a plot by left-wing members of the judiciary. On this reading, the immunity law was needed to protect him from enemies who might otherwise subvert the will of the electorate. In the words of the defence minister, Ignazio La Russa, the law’s rejection would be “a political decision, more than a juridical one”. The constitutional court has added itself to Mr Berlusconi’s long list of subversive Italian institutions. It was a “political body”, he said, with 11 left-wingers on it. Some of his associates advised him to respond by calling a snap election. But Mr Berlusconi seemed untempted, saying his government would “carry on unconcerned” Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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