Mr. Berlusconi survived the vote again. Once again he defied his critics and won the confidence vote although they say he is deeply involved in scandal and corruption allegations, to remain in office. But this narrowly won confidence vote saved his government from collapse and bought unrest on to the streets of Rome.
Open transparent Government has been promised to people since the birth of modern day democracy. What you have with mass communication and with 24 hour news across 365 days of the year, is a new appetite for news with gusto. What has been served up in WikiLeaks – a whistle –blowing website is a slow burn of secret classified information gathered in international settings. It’s founder and editor in-Chief Julian Assange has been called an international criminal by the land of the free’s Commander –in – Chief President Obama.
Semra Eren-Nijhar 