PM Italy Return to Work

Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi returned to work Monday, after recovering from the attack on December 13, when the protesters attacked him in the face at a political meeting in Milan, so he should be hospitalized for severe injuries.

Berlusconi convey optimism and belief that 2010 will be the year of structural reforms, including implementation of important tax legislation with the aim of supporting families and workers.

"I think we can make it special if all political parties to work toward the same goal," said Berlusconi. He pointed to the fact that the opposition must do its part and work together.

Many fans welcomed him back to his villa in Rome. Following the attacks, support for the PM was up to more than 3%.

On Monday, he addressed a meeting of justice by Justice Minister Angelino Alfano and met with President Giorgio Napolitano.

The main priority of Berlusconi's agenda is to change the Italian judicial system by shortening the trial process. The goal, according to the opposition, is to protect Berlusconi from the two courts that are waiting continuation following a high court appeal in October about the law that gave Prime is immune from punishment.

In one trial, Berlusconi accused of paying former tax adviser who was a British, David Mills, U.S. $ 600 thousand, cash bribes to misleading evidence in the corruption trial of two processes in the 1990s. On Monday, the Italian Supreme Court set a hearing process on February 25 for final appeals Mill.

In the second trial, AM was charged with tax fraud in connection with the purchase of TV rights by Mediaset announcer during the 1990s.

If the bill is to shorten the length of the court process into law and applied with retroactive period, the two cases that Berlusconi is waiting process will automatically "time out".

Conversely, if the parliament stopped the draft, the government is expected to submit versions of immunity for law changes passed by a careful examination of the high court.

However, Berlusconi on Monday stressed that the draft is not "favorable action himself" but for the benefit of the rights of freedom of each person.

Berlusconi has repeatedly denied all the charges against him. He claimed to be victims of back-launched political revenge by the prosecutor and judge "Communist".

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