Berlusconi’s effort to protect himself in law rejected
PADDY AGNEW in Rome ITALIAN PRIME minister Silvio Berlusconi suffered a major setback yesterday when, for the third time in seven years, Italy’s constitutional court rejected legislation that effectively guarantees him immunity from prosecution while in office. Like the 2004 Schifani law and the 2009 Alfano law, the so-called “legitimate impediment” legislation, introduced by the Berlusconi government last year, fell foul of the court, which again argued that it contravened Article 3 of…
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Berlusconi’s effort to protect himself in law rejected
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