Italy - Berlusconi Resigns

(22 Dec 1994) Premier Silvio Berlusconi, the media magnate who bulldozed into
politics, resigned Thursday (22/12) after rebellious allies and a
corruption probe tore apart his 7-month-old governmentBerlusconi submitted his resignation to President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, who now must decide how to head toward Italy's 54th government since 1945. A top Northern League official, Roberto Maroni, said Thursday he was
forming his own breakaway faction that could pull in a large
segment of the party, which endorses redistributing more political
clout to regions
SHOWS:
ROME, ITALY. 22/12
prime minister silvio berlusconi into car
cutaway media
cars driving to quirinale, the presidental palace
cutaway police
ext palace with italian flags flying
entrance to presidential palace
car with berlusconi leaves
presidential shield on interior door
spokesman for president oscar luigi scalfaro, Gaetano Gifuni sot
(italian)
berlusconi gets into car at the lower house of parliament and
talks to media
car drives off
cutaway media
cars driving back
berlusconi arrives at senate
ext senate
berlusconi leaves the senate and gets into car
car drives off
interior minister roberto maroni outside the cabinet office sot
saying that forza italia does not want to form a coalition
government with the pds party. (italian)
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