Berlusconi: There will be consequences. I feel compelled to remain in politics to reform the justice Planet

Berlusconi: There will be consequences. I feel compelled to remain in politics to reform the justice Planet

Berlusconi's prison sentence: There will be consequences. I feel compelled to remain in politics to reform the justice Planet

Former head of Italian government Silvio Berlusconi said Saturday, on one of his television stations, TG5, he feels "obligated" to stay "policy to reform the judiciary planet", a day after being sentenced to prison tax fraud, Mediafax.

"There will be consequences. I feel obliged to remain in the (political) justice to reform the planet." Some "people did not understand what happened to me," said "Il Cavaliere" for TG5.

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was sentenced Friday to four years in the first instance by imprisonment for tax fraud in Mediaset case and that he prohibited the exercise of public office for three years, according to AFP. Sentence was reduced to one year because Berlusconi has a three-year amnesty, said the Court of Milan, at the initial sentencing. Sentence reduction was achieved by virtue of a law dating from 2006 aministierii which was promulgated by the leftist government of that time to reduce overcrowding in prisons

These penalties are still not performed until a final judgment will be pronounced - after appeal and the Court of Cassation. However, until then, facts sufficient time be prescribed.

Wednesday, Il Cavaliere, aged 76 years, announced solemnly that give you longer present legislative elections stipulated in the spring of 2013. He said however that he would not give up any political activity. "Raman with more young people need to play to score," he said.

His lawyers have already announced that they will file an appeal on appeal on 9 and 10 November.