Berlusconi 'trying to do deal to avoid prosecution'
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article357991.ece
By John Phillips in Rome
Published: 16 April 2006
o Berlusconi refused again yesterday to concede defeat to Romano
Prodi's centre-left coalition in the Italian election, demanding the
formation of a broad coalition in a letter that commentators said
amounted to a request by the media mogul for immunity from prosecution.
"On the basis of the popular vote, there's no winner and no loser," Mr
Berlusconi claimed in the letter to the Corriere della Sera. Hours
earlier, the premier had said he still hoped he would be declared the
winner, as long as the count of contested ballots continued. He renewed
an appeal to create a coalition government, "limited in time and aimed
at dealing with the country's institutional, economic and international
commitments".
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