<tt id="6hsgl"><pre id="6hsgl"><pre id="6hsgl"></pre></pre></tt>
          <nav id="6hsgl"><th id="6hsgl"></th></nav>
          国产免费网站看v片元遮挡,一亚洲一区二区中文字幕,波多野结衣一区二区免费视频,天天色综网,久久综合给合久久狠狠狠,男人的天堂av一二三区,午夜福利看片在线观看,亚洲中文字幕在线无码一区二区

          Newsmakers

          Voters deal Berlusconi latest blow in referendums

          (Agencies)
          Updated: 2011-06-14 09:02
          Large Medium Small

          MILAN - Italian voters turned out in large numbers to deal Premier Silvio Berlusconi his latest blow at the ballot box Monday, overturning laws passed by his government to revive nuclear energy, privatize the water supply - and help him avoid prosecution.

          Voters deal Berlusconi latest blow in referendums

          Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures during a news conference with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu (not pictured) at Villa Madama in Rome June 13, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

          The defeat on four referendums on the ballot Sunday and Monday was Berlusconi's second in as many weeks, after his candidates lost mayoral races in his stronghold Milan and trash-choked Naples in a vote the billionaire media mogul himself had billed as a referendum on his government.

          Center-left opposition leader Pier Luigi Bersani said referendum results were tantamount to "a divorce between the government and the country."

          Activists for the "yes" vote on four referendums erupted in cheers in the capital Rome when it became clear that voter turnout, topping 57 percent, had surpassed the quorum needed to validate the vote. It was the first time since 1995 that the quorum of more than 50 percent was reached.

          Related readings:
          Voters deal Berlusconi latest blow in referendums Berlusconi faces high-stakes vote for Milan mayor
          Voters deal Berlusconi latest blow in referendums Berlusconi appears at corruption trial
          Voters deal Berlusconi latest blow in referendums Berlusconi suffers setback in local elections
          Voters deal Berlusconi latest blow in referendums Support for Berlusconi, Italy govt hit new low

          Final results showed clear overwhelming majorities of those casting ballots chose to throw out two laws to privatize the water supply, kill a law reviving nuclear energy and undo the so-called "legitimate impediment" law offering the Italian leader a partial legal shield in criminal prosecutions. Each referendum passed with around 95 percent.

          Italy becomes the second Group of Eight country after Germany to ditch nuclear energy following the nuclear disaster in Japan triggered by the March 11 quake and tsunami. Germany announced last month plans to abandon its nuclear program by 2022.

          It is the second time Italy has said no to nuclear power. The first time was a 1987 referendum, the year after the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine.

          "The high turnout for the referendums demonstrates that the desire of citizens to participate in the decisions about our future cannot be ignored," Berlusconi said in a statement. "The government has the duty to fully take into account the response to the four referendums."

          Berlusconi's majority in Parliament will be tested next week during a vote on the new government appointments. Insisting upon the vote was President Giorgio Napolitano, who decides whether coalitions command enough loyalty in the legislature to effectively govern.

          The vote will give the restive allies in the Northern League an opportunity to demonstrate whether they will still stick with Berlusconi, or jump ship.

          One prominent Northern League leader as well as minister, Roberto Calderoli, said the League was tired "of being slapped in the face."

          Political analyst James Watson said that Berlusconi's parliamentary majority, which depends on the Northern League, "is very much at risk at the moment.

          "Berlusconi is clearly out of favor with the majority of Italians for one reason or another," said Watson, a political scientist at American University of Rome, adding that the premier "pretends that everything is all right."

          Berlusconi and many of his allies abstained from voting on the ballot questions that were direct challenges to both his coalition's policies and his legal tactics in criminal cases in Milan.

          The government tried to block the nuclear referendum, abrogating its own law relaunching nuclear power to give the country time for reflection. However, the country's highest court said the referendum, backed by 750,000 signatures, could go ahead.

          Berlusconi's conservative government had also passed a law mandating that the water supply be privatized by the end of 2011, saying the step was needed to aging delivery systems and cut waste, and another law imposing market rules on water pricing. Roman Catholic nuns and priests joined the campaign to revoke the law, saying that water was a human right that should not be subject to market rules.

          But the referendum on whether top government officials could continue to enjoy a "legitimate impediment" from defending themselves in court due to official business was the most direct swipe at Berlusconi. Italy's highest court already weakened the law, unfreezing criminal prosecutions in Milan earlier this year. The court said, however, that Berlusconi's lawyers could cite official engagements on a hearing-by-hearing basis as reason that the premier couldn't show up in court.

          Stretching out the hearings could play out in Berlusconi's favor by eroding the statute of limitations. Berlusconi's lawyers have been seeking to schedule court appearances in four cases based on the premier's official duties.

          Berlusconi, who for years exercised his right not to attend his own trial, now says he wants to defend himself in court.

          Among the criminal cases he is facing in Milan is his trial on charges of having paid for sex with an underage teen and then using his influence to cover it up. That trial continues Tuesday, although Berlusconi is not expected to attend the hearing, which is due to take up technical matters.

          Berlusconi denies the accusations in that trial as well as in all the other cases. He insists he is the innocent victim of prosecutors he claims sympathize with the left.

          分享按鈕
          主站蜘蛛池模板: 日韩精品精品一区二区三区| 91精品国产综合蜜臀蜜臀| 亚洲sm另类一区二区三区| 国产专区精品三级免费看| 国产永久免费高清在线| 9191国语精品高清在线| 麻豆高清免费国产一区| 国产成人精品久久性色av| 一个人看的www视频免费观看| 在线视频中文字幕二区| 亚洲精品天堂在线观看| 宝贝腿开大点我添添公视频免| 无码一区二区三区久久精品| 色悠悠成人综合在线视频| 91福利一区福利二区| av永久天堂一区| 亚洲高清在线观看免费视频| 中文字幕日韩精品有码| 丁香五月婷激情综合第九色| 欧美午夜成人片在线观看 | 亚洲国产韩国欧美在线| 欧美人妻aⅴ中文字幕| 精品国产午夜福利理论片| 日韩欧国产美一区二区在线| 国产精品日日摸夜夜添夜夜添无码| 啪啪av一区二区三区| 精品亚洲高潮喷水精品视频| 国产成人精品无人区一区| 久久精品不卡一区二区| 噜噜久久噜噜久久鬼88| 国产欧美精品一区二区色综合| 精品久久久久久无码专区不卡| 国产精品国产三级国产试看| 日本欧美一区二区三区在线播放| 免青青草免费观看视频在线| www国产精品内射熟女| 国产亚洲精品久久久久久无亚洲| 男女xx00上下抽搐动态图| 亚洲人成人网站色www| 亚洲欧美人成电影在线观看| 亚洲精品tv久久久久久久久久|