Yet another bribing scandal

On Friday 14 October, Berlusconi has survived another confidence vote in the parliament, thanks to a majority of one. The news has been widely reported by the media worldwide, but while the Italians are taking the web to discuss how Berlusconi managed to win this majority - BRIBING - nobody seems to mention it abroad.

Maybe journalists need to be safe and they fear reporting as news what might be perceived as gossip, but gossip is not.

Bribing doesn't necessarily involve cash (although it often does), and the Italian media is reporting on several cases of "favours" given right before the confidence vote. Like the wife of a MP, who is suddenly given an important new role. However, what everybody is wondering now is, how exactly Berlusconi bribed Marco Pannella, leader of the left wing Italian radical party, who suddenly decided to give his confidence vote to a government that he never supported.

There are many more stories to prove this bribing scandal, yet I don't think any of them has been picked up by the media outside of Italy.

Marco Pannella before the confidence vote