De Benedetti: «Am I hard on Berlusconi? No. You bribed a judge, what’s worse? “

“Am I tough on Berlusconi? Absolutely not.” This was stated by Carlo De Benedetti when he returned, at the end of the interview about the newspaper’s presentation. morning at the New Media TV Festival in Dogliani (Cuneo), about the controversies unleashed yesterday by his words about Silvio Berlusconi, hospitalized for bilateral interstitial pneumonia by Covid. “As for Marina, it’s not worth commenting on, poor thing. Others are amazed at their amazement. I think Berlusconi was bad for the country. And I would like to ask: what has it left the country? What values ​​and examples? “” They attacked me because I called him a ‘cheater’ – he concluded – but it was the Supreme Court that condemned him as such. What is worse than bribing a judge? De Benedetti thus reiterates point by point criticism of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and responds to the harsh reply of the daughter of the former prime minister, Marina Berlusconi. And reconstructs the facts: “I began my speech wishing you good wishes and asking the square for a big applause. After that, if one is sick or not, my opinions do not change. Everyone knows that Berlusconi was my opponent and that I chaired a newspaper that stood out for the way in which it condemned his policy, “he concluded.