What's Italian for: 'You just can't make this stuff up!'?
JUST when it looks as if things cannot get worse for Silvio Berlusconi, they do.
Earlier today Italy’s beleaguered prime minister learnt that prosecutors in Milan had formally made him a suspect in an investigation into alleged juvenile prostitution. Although the age of consent in Italy is 14, it is an offence to pay for sex with a prostitute aged under 18. According to a statement from Milan’s chief prosecutor, Mr Berlusconi is thought to have done just that. He is also suspected of abusing his position, a crime under Italian law.
The prime minister has not been charged, let alone indicted, and his lawyers have said that the accusations against him are "absurd and groundless". But whatever its outcome, this latest inquiry will be difficult for him to shrug off.
This would really be funny, if the country he's supposed to be running weren't held together with baling wire and chewing gum.
Or, perhaps, people like him in jobs like that create countries held together with baling wire and chewing gum...
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