BERLUSCONI, GRILLO, GIANNINO: HOW MANY CHEATING FOR ONE VOTE
Lies and cheating, hoaxes and illusions: in the electoral campaign, as we know, there is never a shortage. And even the one underway for next Sunday's vote is no exception. From Silvio Berlusconi to Beppe Grillo and Oscar Giannino, the Carnival never seems to end.
Once the royalist commander Achille Lauro he bought the votes of the Neapolitans by giving away one shoe - but only one - and promising the other after the vote. But also Silvio Berlusconi's latest trick on the IMU it's not recently. You sent 9 million envelopes to the Italians which perfectly imitate official correspondence with a magic phrase written above the recipient's address: "IMU Reimbursement 2012". The Knight, as we know, promises the immediate return of the Imu on the first house by bank transfer or in cash if he wins the elections. If the country then goes back into bankruptcy – as he had left it in the autumn of 2011 when he was forced to resign by furor of the markets – because the cover imagined to repay the Imu is bogus, it is none of his business. What the heck, a new Monti will take care of it. Meanwhile, the first fools who have taken the bait at Berlusconi's false promises and phony letters are presenting themselves at the offices of the Revenue Agencies.
But that of the Knight, master of electoral marketing even if absolutely incapable of governing, is not the only hoax circulating. Also Beppe Grillo – who knows if Pietro Nenni will still be right who warned: “Piazza full, ballot boxes empty” – he knows something about it. Beyond the merits of the individual proposals, a crucial question remains pending on Grillo: but would you ever trust the promises of transparency and democracy of a gentleman who in his own house does not even know what democracy is and who regulates dissent expelling the bold? Is this comedy or politics?
Not bad also the performance of Oscar Giannino which promised transparency and meritocracy except for lying about his educational qualifications. Giannino, who loves to amaze and who has a stratospheric ego to say the least, is not new to jokes, like when he preached amatriciana-style liberalism by supporting the crafty people of the neighborhood. But tears deserve respect and at least Giannino, unlike professional cheaters, admitted his guilt and said he was ready to take a step back. Better late than never.
