Berlusconi says Senate expulsion vote bad day for ‘democracy’

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Just minutes before senators were to vote to expel him after a 20-year parliamentary career, Italy's Silvio Berlusconi says that the move against him was 'a day of mourning for democracy'

EXPELLED SOON? In this file photo, former Prime Minister and leader of Forza Italia, Silvio Berlusconi (C) speaks at the Senate before a confidence vote at the Parliament, in Rome, Italy, 02 October 2013. EPA/Alessandro Di Meo

ROME, Italy – Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday, just minutes before senators were to vote to expel him after a 20-year parliamentary career, that the move against him was “a day of mourning for democracy”.

“This a day of bitterness,” the three-time former prime minister and flamboyant media tycoon told thousands of supporters massed outside his luxury house in Rome. — Rappler.com

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