Italian Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday held Berlusconi should be imprisoned and banned from tax fraud, the verdict could jeopardize Italy shaky coalition government office.
The ruling against the former prime minister will be his first conviction and a clear signal the end of an era, in which he has dominated the past two decades, through his media power and political skills of Italian politics.
It can also join the government - Enrico Letta of the center-left Democratic Party (PD) and Berlusconi's center-right People of Freedom (PDL) uneasy alliance - crisis and renewal of uncertainty brought about a third of the euro zone's largest economy may reverberate across the Group.
The five judges of the Court of Cassation - Italy's top, you will hear a final appeal of Berlusconi for a one-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from office by a lower court handed down a fraudulent purchase of broadcasting rights by his Med iaset media empire.
The court may take up to three days to deliver its ruling.
76-year-old Berlusconi, accused the left-wing judges, trying to give him a more than two dozen court cases in 1994 for the first time since he rushed.
While they are waiting for a signal from Berlusconi, PDL hawks have called everything from government ministers resign to prevent the Italian highway, if the court rules against him.
Fabrizio Cicchitto media mogul said a senior PDL of Parliament, had faced 30 trials. "If this is not a political justice is what?"
Berlusconi departure from Parliament, if he is convicted, it will enhance future line, depending on the wealth of his charisma and the main problem.
However, the government greater risk from Recoleta's faction-ridden PD, many members have been deeply dissatisfied with their old enemy in the league, if he is found guilty, may refuse to continue.
Chaos
However, President Giorgio Napolitano, who dragged the parties into a coalition crisis in April, two months, followed by post-election uncertainty, Leta I have insisted that Italy can not afford to buy more unstable as it struggled to climb the worst postwar recession.
The two main political parties may also be reluctant to precipitate the election, the result may be more confusing than the February elections and increased 5-star comedian BEPPE Grillo populist movement support.
Berlusconi has been a few months he was kept in a tight leash hawks, he said, the government must continue.
However, political sources said that this position is out of Berlusconi's lawyers, who want to avoid disrupting the Supreme Court. Fickle giant reaction, if he is found guilty, is uncertain.
Berlusconi's lawyer has filed 50 objections to the Supreme Court, which will only exclude the statutory procedures of the Court of Appeal and the previous sentence is correct and reasonable.
Courts have three choices: Berlusconi prisoner, he is sent back to the Court of Appeal acquitted or, as the case of an error of law. It may also postpone a decision, probably until September - move advocated by the moderate politicians, who want to avoid the summer crisis.
Even Berlusconi found guilty, his ban public depends on his peers, which may take several weeks or months in the Senate vote.
Scandal-ridden tycoon also called masterpieces abuse June deadline for seven years in prison and payment of a nightclub dancer with Kali Ma was born in Morocco, El Mahroug alias "Ruby Heartstealer," when she was a minor.
 



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