"(Following the appeal by several members of the Popolo della Libertà party for clemency to be granted to Silvio Berlusconi) The demand for clemency, which is granted exclusively by the head of state and is strictly regulated by law, resembles an irregular and disorderly motion, undue pressure, useless in substance, dangerous in form, which would give the world the unpleasant impression that deliberate acts – which by their nature are decided with a cool head and at a distance from events (otherwise they would sound like a delegitimisation of the judiciary) – are possible by breaking down doors at the Quirinal Palace."
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