Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, sued the newspaper La Repubblica, demanding to pay him one million euros for the publication of questions about his personal life, which the Prime refused to answer. This editorial tells the publication itself.
Berlusconi explained why he refused to answer reporters asked him 10 questions. In his view, the questions were rhetorical and defamatory. In these far-fetched, according to Premier, the facts submitted as immutable truth that forms the reader a false impression.
addition to questions about his personal life, the prime minister also angered published in the newspaper on Aug. 6, 2009 article on the links of the Italian authorities with the Russian mafia.
La Repubblica notes that this is the first occasion when a politician seeks compensation for the questions addressed to him.
According to Reuters, Prime Minister's lawyers plan to file several more lawsuits for defamation against the Italian media, and against foreign newspapers and magazines.
succession of sexual scandals associated with the name of Berlusconi began in the spring of 2009, after the media accused him of having an affair with an underage model Noemi Leticia. Wife Premiere Veronica Lario filed for divorce, and soon another participant parties at the villa from Berlusconi made a revelatory confessions. In particular, the prime minister was accused of pimping.
Berlusconi has repeatedly accused its competitors in the media business of the contract nature of the materials on his sexual adventures. The upcoming trial will not be the first in the history of relations of the newspaper La Repubblica and the Italian prime minister.
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