(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 18 - I have not decided, but I am very optimistic.
I will not disappoint those who have trusted me.
So Silvio Berlusconi, according to what we learn, replied to the various Forza Italia parliamentarians who telephoned Arcore all day to find out if the former premier had decided not to give the willingness to run for the presidency of the Republic by renouncing the race.
Several Italian exponents then said that Il Cavaliere resumed making a series of phone calls to parliamentarians to understand their availability in the face of his candidacy.
Berlusconi, again according to reports, has also heard the governors of Fi.
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