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Berlusconi camp tells critical ally to get in line
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many on the center right believe Fini has moved too close to the center-left opposition
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Berlusconi responded furiously when Italy's top court took away his immunity, calling the judges and Italy's president communists. Fini tends to defend the institutions and tries to stop Berlusconi passing laws by decree to bypass parliament.

Fini telephoned a television show late on Tuesday to make it clear he believes "Berlusconi has nothing to do with the Mafia."

But he refused to take back his comments about the prime minister's autocratic style, saying Berlusconi "has the right to continue governing because he was given a wide popular mandate, but he must respect parliament and the judiciary bodies."
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The opposition Democratic Party, which lost power in 2008 after less than two years, often finds itself in agreement with Fini. PD president Rosy Bindi said Fini merely "said in private what he always maintains in public. I find him coherent."

... don't think the "move to the left" is a valid analysis of facts ...
... position on administrative vote to foreign residents exists in the EU ...
... in Sweden, Spain, Holland and Belgium, all four Monarchies ...
... businesses are not democracies, but political parties "must be" in a democracy ...
... and each government body has a "constitutional" mandate ...
... that has to be respected in a democracy ...
... and this applies both ways ...
... now the instrument to change rules is legislation ...
... and such legislation has to be drafted in a constitutional language ...
... and has to be voted and approved within the procedure of law ...
... and each congressman and senator has the right of voting upon "his/her" conscience ...
... "that" simple ...