26.09.2013 - 14:29 [ Ansa ]

President ‚disturbed‘ by Forza Italia‘s quit threat

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said Thursday that he considered „institutionally disturbing“ the threat made Wednesday by lawmakers in Silvio Berlusconi‘s Forza Italia (FI) party to quit en masse if the ex-premier is stripped of his parliamentary seat after the supreme court upheld a tax-fraud conviction against him.