Thursday, March 24, 2011

Shelved the investigation into the sale of the apartment of ex parte Fini

Roma, 14 feb (EFE) .- A Rome judge today ordered the closing of the open investigation last August for an alleged offense aggravated fraud in the sale of an inherited apartment Montecarlo by National Alliance (AN), the former party president Italian Chamber of Deputies, Gianfranco Fini.
Judge explains Carlo Figliola's opinion, can not "Identify" any hint of offense in this case, came to light just after Fini was expelled from the party he had founded with Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) for his disagreement with the prime minister.
The judge for preliminary investigations and welcomed the file request made by the prosecution in Rome last October, which ruled out any evidence of fraud in the sale of the apartment by Fini or Senator Francesco Pontone, extesorero of AN.
Under the theory of a fraudulent sale below value property market, the Rome Public Prosecutor began investigating Following a complaint a day after it was expelled Fini party of its then ally Silvio Berlusconi, the Town of Freedom (PDL), the July 29, 2010.
The complaint, forcing himself to have to Fini explanations in a video was presented by two members of political party La Destra (formation of a split emerged AN) and later uncovered by the newspaper "Il Giornale", the Berlusconi's family.
The newspaper of the environment of Italian Prime Minister stated that Property in Monaco, left a legacy in 1999 by AN a benefactor of the party, the Countess Anna Maria Colleoni, now lived in the rent-law of Fini, Giancarlo Tulliani, Tulliani Elisabetta's brother, political partner.
According to the newspaper, the house "was forgotten for years by the party, which rejected a series of proposals to purchase favorable by other tenants of the building that houses it. "
In 2008, he said "Il Giornale", AN sold it for only 300,000 EUR Printemps, a signature "presumably created 'ad hoc' one month before "and sold it three months later, with 30,000 euros Timara surplus value, a "sister society" with the same capital social and the same venue in the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.
This case is not made at the time but add fuel to the fire the battered relationship between Fini and Berlusconi, who left in summer the air the government's parliamentary majority and prompted the creation of a new LDP splinter party with supporters the chairman of the House. EFE