Ruby ter: defense, not a short prognosis for Berlusconi

"Basically, the medical-legal opinion that I have filed and that I am making available to colleagues confirms even more the persistence of Dr. Berlusconi's severe health conditions,

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This was explained by the lawyer Federico Cecconi, lawyer of the Forza Italia leader, insisting on the request for legitimate impediment for health reasons in the hearing of the Ruby ter trial in Milan, dedicated today to the decision whether or not to remove the position of the former Prime Minister from that of the other 28 defendants.

 For the former prime minister's health conditions, Cecconi explained, there is an "impossibility of attending the hearings with dignity". The lawyer referred to the last medical-legal consultation "last Sunday" and to the fact that yesterday the judges of Rome, in the vein of the Ruby ter case that sees Berlusconi accused with Mariano Apicella, decided to remove the position of the Knight, postponing for him the trial in the autumn. The same thing happened in the other procedural branch that hangs in Siena. In the last hearing it was the deputy prosecutor Tiziana Siciliano and the prosecutor Luca Gaglio who asked to temporarily separate Berlusconi's position from that of the other 28 defendants. And this is because the process has "stopped for too long"and the other defendants are entitled to a "timely" trial. Today the other defenses will speak, while Cecconi has already given the ok to the excerpt and then the judges of the seventh criminal (president Marco Tremolada) will decide on the possible separation. The other defendants were able to view medical advice before speaking. "Berlusconi - said the Sicilian prosecutor, asking for advice to be made available to the parties - has the right to privacy like all Italian citizens and we have always been respectful, it must also be said - he added - that his health conditions are a 'pulcinella's secret' and must not be cloaked in excessive confidentiality, but deposited in the records and must be accessible to the parties ". Deposit that the defender made.The judges also decided to allow the TV footage, but not the audio recording due to the privacy linked to the health issues dealt with.