"Berlusconi cannot act as a prophet of bipolarism, preaching rules that God has revealed only to him and that authorise him to contravene the rules of the Constitution. The Constitution is what it is. Berlusconi thinks that elections are held and that votes are like shares that can be put away. Instead, the people elect members of parliament, and they are accountable to the voters, not to Berlusconi."
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ANSA, 16 October 1998; quoted in Marco Travaglio, Silvio Akbar, Repubblica.it, 27 April 2007
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