yesterday in italy there was the V-day, a manifestation organized by Beppe Grillo which is a comedian but nowadays he is the only public person in italy who says how really things are. italy would be part of the civilized world, but italian politics is part of the third world... we have in our parliament 25 (!)outlaw members. 25!!!! they are guilty for crimes such as corruption, racism, fraud, association with the maphia, tax evasion, tangents... (mr berlusconi has one of all) and if even now that there is a different goverment, it wasn't able to change the situation.they are calmly there to make laws, people outlaw who make laws!! it's whithout sense, i know, but the horrible thing is that almost nobody knows it, because nobody says it!!! italian televisions, newspapers, journals an magazines are owned by people connected with political power (mr berlusconi has three major tv nets, and he influences the private tv, he has several journals etc etc) so if you watch tv or read newspapers you'll never know who really governs. so to return to v-day, it was a manitestation not pudlicized at all by any media, but only in the internet by grillo's blog and by volounteers which in 225 italian cities stamped leaflets and organized places for collecting signatures, to take a proposal of law to the parliament. this proposal us mede by 3 points:
1) people with problems with law can't be members of parliament.
2) a member of parliament can stay in office for no more than two legislatures.
3) party secretaries must be elected by citizens, not by members of their party.
these are normal rules for normal goverments, but in italy they aren't normal at all!
V is for "vaffanculo" that means "fuck you" and is for italian politicians.
on the internet it seems that they have reached almost 300.000 signatures, it's a big success, but until now any television news said soimething about it.
so, I hope I didn't bore you, but I thought that this was an important thing to say.
ah, TO ITALIAN BOARDERS: if you didn't sign, and if you want to, visit www.beppegrillo.it in the v-day section to know if in your city they are still collecting signatures!
so, thank you and let's hope that something will happen!
I'm not italian, but I understand what you say because here (in Argentina) we have always the same trouble with politicians and many of us have a special feeling with Italy because there are our origins.
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