Doubts hang over Italy PM’s future
As Berlusconi is ordered to stand trial on charges he paid for underage sex, locals ask how long he can stay in power.
Published On 15 Feb 2011
His office has been rocked by scandal and charges of corruption.
Now, stripped of immunity and ordered to stand trial on charges of having sex with an underage woman, prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s political obituary is being written yet again.
Al Jazeera’s Tim Friend reports from Rome on the mix of embarrassment, shame and amusement among Italian citizens at the efforts of the 74-year-old to cling to power.