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Italy s political instability deepened on Thursday as its president harshly rebuked politicians in Silvio Berlusconi s party for purportedly threatening to resign en masse if the former prime minister is ousted from parliament. Such a move would spark a government crisis.The senate is due to vote next week on whether to strip Berlusconi of his seat following his conviction for tax fraud and four-year prison sentence. A 2012 law bans anyone sentenced to more than two years in prison from holding or running for public office for six years.With tensions high goi
stanley kubek ng into the vote, members of Berlusconi s People of Freedom party indicated they would resign if Berlusconi were removed from the senate.In an unusually stern statement, President Giorgio Napolitano accused Berluscon
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