"I would like to know if there is anything else needed to say that Craxi was a loyal supplier of Fininvest, paid handsomely for services that we all expect to know in detail. In fact, the real question is: what did Craxi give to Berlusconi in exchange for 15 billion lire? Since the payments were negotiated by senior Fininvest officials in close contact, in October '91, the time of these events, with Silvio Berlusconi, and taking into account the very large amount of the same, it seems strange to us at least that Berlusconi knew nothing about these financial operations. It would seem proven, documents in hand, that Silvio and Bettino are inextricably linked by relationships that go well beyond friendship and well outside the law which both consider unsuitable for their political conduct even before their professional one. Berlusconi's television mask crumbles and the unmistakable grin of the man from Hammamet appears. (from Ansa, March 31, C.E.1996)"