What I Would Advise Mr Berlusconi To Do About Rubbish In Naples
May 26, 2008
Dan Majestic writes: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is sticking to his election promise and trying to sort out the mess in Naples. By ‘mess’ in this case I mean real mess – tonnes of garbage lying on the streets of the city since last Christmas. Mr Berlusconi honoured his pre-election pledge and brought the whole cabinet for a meeting at the Naples central police headquarters, an impressive building that, as I was told, had been actually housing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the Bourbons. Great effect, I must say, especially as the meeting had been guarded by something like half of the police force of the city. Power politics in action. As I understand it, the Prime Minister has signed a special decree at that meeting allowing the army to use special sites in...
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