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Il curriculum giudiziario del Presidente - 2

TUTTI I PROCESSI DEL PRESIDENTE

DEL CONSIGLIO /2

BERLUSCONI TANGENTI GDF

di

Claudia Fusani

Il 22 novembre 1994 è uno di quei giorni di cui bisognerebbe ricordare ogni dettaglio.

Quindi, tempo variabile al nord e al centro, sereno al sud con temperature in linea con le medie stagionali, le bombe della Nato vengono sganciate in Bosnia, Fini litiga con Bossi, Napoli sta per ospitare i lavori del G7, il primo vertice internazionale per Silvio Berlusconi,

il tycoon da poco premier.

 Una giornata così, se vogliamo normale.

 Almeno finché il presidente del Consiglio legge la rassegna stampa e apprende dalla prima pagina del Corriere della Sera di essere indagato.

Da allora nulla è stato più come prima, perché quell’avviso di garanzia, anzi 'invito a comparire', notificato dal pool della Procura di Milano dopo mille giorni di Mani Pulite avrebbe cambiato per sempre il corso della storia politica del nostro paese.

And not just because for the first time in the history of republican government is the head of the register of suspects, but it officially begins the legal matter that affects their sixteen years in political life.

"I'm a haunted,"

repeats Berlusconi from that day.

Not at all, observers and opponents respond:

you are an entrepreneur went into politics only to defend yourself and your business from a series of trouble all fairly predictable 24 January 1994, you decided to apply.

The subpoena covers the investigation into bribes to the Guardia di Finanza already esplosa durante l’estate precedente con l’arresto di Paolo Berlusconi e Salvatore Sciascia, all’epoca responsabile dei servizi fiscali della Fininvest.

Il pool guidato da Francesco Saverio Borrelli ha raccolto indizi che raccontano di almeno quattro tangenti pagate dai dirigenti Fininvest agli ufficiali delle Fiamme Gialle incaricati di fare verifiche fiscali nelle aziende del Biscione. Non sono grandi cifre: circa 90 milioni di lire, cioè qualcosa come 46mila euro, per Videotime (1989), 130 milioni per Mondadori (1991), un centinaio ancora per Mediolanum Assicurazioni (1992) and Tele + (1994).

Fininvest defends itself by saying it was the victim of extortion.

Paolo Berlusconi talks about how the financiers approaching Fininvest executives

"threatening a series of obstructions such as to harness the activities of society. "

But the pool - crossing interrogation reports that speak of everyday practice in the company, which is that nothing happens without Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest give the ok - stresses in the case of corruption and get the trial Oct. 14, 1995.

You go to trial.

The decision at first instance (July 7, 1998) gives reason to the pool and condemns Berlusconi for all charges.

The appeal (May 9, 2000) acquitted him for not having committed the act for the tangent of Tele + and acquits him about the other three parts imputation was time-barred due to the granting of extenuating circumstances.

October 19 2001, the Supreme Court closed the game with the acquittal by the formula provided for in paragraph 2 of Article dubitativa 530 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the old lack of evidence.

From the pages of this survey show a character who sits in the legislatures of three benches of Parliament and on which it is worth stopping.

It's called

Massimo Maria Berruti

and was a brilliant officer of the Guardia di Finanza Fininvest lawyer before becoming

and then deputy.

was the first financier to meet the emerging manufacturer building in Milan for a tax audit.

was 1978.

Berruti knocked his men to Edilnord, one of the first Berlusconi, seeking information about members and money.

came face to face with the young entrepreneur who explained to be there by chance, being

"just a consultant."

Berruti closed control.

few months after he left his uniform and became a lawyer for the Alfa.

Some interceptions, emerged from other surveys, report that type of expertize Berruti

- convicted for aiding and abetting because he tried to sidetrack the investigation of kickbacks to the GDF - would have assured the Fininvest.

And what kind of advice over the phone gave Berlusconi

"The judges want you to hear? And you begin to make statements, say they're crazy, going against the interests of the country instead needs to work with confidence, that they are public enemies, that if you do stop a kidnapping. "

interception and 10 August 1994.

seems today.

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