1998, (Guess where...)

    A news report just said that you have been charged (again???) with taking kickbacks from a merger between the private-owned Montedison and the state-owned ENI, both which are chemical plants. Another four more years in the cell perhaps?

    A few months later, you receive another conviction. Yes, again... This time, it involves the very charming and powerful businessman and television tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. Your friendship with Berlusconi goes back all the way to the days when you were the Prime Minister, a position in which you had conveniently made use of in order to influence a court decision regarding Berlusconi's television network legitimacy. In a way, you are responsible for making Silvio who he is today.

    This time, you have been convicted on charges of accepting illegal contributions from him and you were sentenced to another 4 years in prison plus a 11.2 million lira fine. Incidentally, Berlusconi, an ex-Premier, would be incriminated for false accounting and bribing the tax police. He currently still leads his opposition party, Forza Italia, but perhaps you should save him a nice spot along the beach near your villa. He might be needing it pretty soon...

    So Craxi. If you had to serve those years, you'd probably be buried 6-feet under before you can even finish off your first sentence. Furthermore, your urine seems to be attracting quite a few ants lately these days and you're starting to experience pain in your liver. Too much Tunisian beer perhaps? Maybe it's time to go see the doctor's...