Silvio Berlusconi Sees The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has suggested that he will retire from public office at the end of his term in 2013. Berlusconi made the comments at a private dinner the night before the Italian parliament was expected to pass legislation to speed up the pace of trials in that country, which would coincidentally put an end to several of the trials in which the Prime Minister is personally involved. The legislation will also have the effect of making it unlikely that “any action will now be taken against builders, officials and property developers suspected of responsibility for deaths in the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake. More than 300 people died, many of them in buildings allegedly constructed with sub-standard materials.” But maybe you’d rather just read about the bunga-bunga parties.