Its because he passed a law that says over a certain age you can't get sent to prison I believe. Can't think which elderly reprobate he was concerned about. Democracy is a funny thing isn't it. Why on earth did the Italians ever think it was a good idea to keep electing someone who controlled such a big slab of the media. Can't imagine that happening in Wales where political cynicism seems to be part of the DNA but maybe it could. All a bit 1984 - a horrible warning about believing what we read in the papers and see on TV.