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One key issue has been the presence of criminals in parliament and government, people condemned or on trial for crimes, at times extremely grave such as association with the mafia, extortion, bribery.
This battle has been going on for over two decades but was seen as a fringe issue until Grillo ranted about it over and over again.
Finally, this year the Democratic Party and it's allies did their best not to present candidates that were condemned or on trial. It had become a public issue. Finally!
On the contrary Berlusconi and Casini flaunted this issue to the point of seeing Casini declare, "We're not going to let judges decide candidates!" As if judges dish out browny points. It's a matter of a candidate's integrity and people like Cuffaro, Dell'Utri, Mastella or Ciarrapico are unpresentable. The present electoral law allows parties to put any damned criminal they want in parliament without popular mandate thus assuring immunity and impunity.
the other issue he's wailing on is the matter of a paid-by-the-state press, and media conglomeration here in general. (also referred to in walter's last speech.) wimax italia! "These days, there's nothing more ridiculous than the truth." Leonard Pitts Jr
