by Corriere della Sera on April 12, 1996, Page 3 Former dc Ezio Cartotto in a book tells the "true" story of Forza Italy
"Bettino wanted a symbol that could unite the voters of penta "
Francesco Battistini
LONDON - He was silent three years. Now that we have made out ("kicked out overnight - he says - they have forgotten how I set up Forza Italy), decided to tell a book in the" real "story of Berlusconi's party. And to reveal that that many have always suspected, but no one has ever tried: that behind the drop-down field in the Knight was Craxi . Ezio Cartotto, fifty-three ex dc, racks of Marcora prandina first and then positions Eni and ATM, "a friend of Berlusconi from '71, three and a half years ago he joined the staff that prepared the new movement: at the office ' eighth floor of the Palazzo Cellini in Milan 2, alongside Marcello Dell'Utri, he participated in dozens of secret meetings in via Rovani . About a month ago has been questioned by Turin magistrates Luigi Marini and Cristiana Bianco, who investigates' Operation Botticelli "and alleged funds Publitalia blacks went from strength to Italy: they asked conto di alcune fatture, lo considerano un testimone importante. Cartotto sa molte cose, ne ha annotate altrettante, ha conservato ogni documento. E nel libro scritto per l'editore napoletano Tullio Pironti (titolo provvisorio: "Fa' come ti dice lui"), con un ex collaboratore che si nasconde dietro lo pseudonimo di Evangelista de' Gerbi, ricostruisce i mesi passati "alla tela di Penelope, con noi che lavoravamo e Silvio che smentiva". Il capitolo principale è dedicato a quella domenica 4 aprile 1993 . Un momento terribile, per il Cav: i conti svizzeri di Tangentopoli, Andreotti indagato per mafia a Palermo, due settimane ai referendum di Segni, la lira oltre quota mille sul marco, la Lega che fa penzolare un cappio in Parlamento MSI and young people around House. The PSI is already in pieces: Craxi received 11 notices of investigation, his attaché Giallombardo is in hiding abroad, Welcome to auction the assets of the Carnation. At six o'clock, the rain is accompanied Cartotto Arcore by his son David, 21. Little is done to accommodate the study of Villa San Martino, in front of photos of Benedetto Croce, Berlusconi salutes and hears: "You know, here is a person ...". The meeting with Bettino lasts three quarters of an hour, said Cartotto. He began the Knight, who for months working on the new party: "I'm exhausted - is unleashed - had made me be a nervous breakdown. Confalonieri read and tell me that it's crazy to go into politics and I will destroy. I'll do anything, go to search all the cards. And they say that I am a mafioso ... What should I do? Sometimes I even start crying, when I'm in the shower. "Craxi listens in silence. Then speak Cartotto: Signs cites the danger League, the Internet, the risks dell'uninominale, ends with Martinazzoli. Craxi heard the name that in the story "walking back and forth nervously, not sit almost never" cut "and left Martinazzoli Democrat - says Berlusconi - and for you is worse than Occhetto. Those of the left dc are your enemies, remember always, more than those of the PDS. Do not let illusions. If you need make a non-Communist coalition of center, with backbone Martinazzoli, a solution for you would be more dangerous than the damage that we want to avoid. "So what? Bettina like the idea of \u200b\u200ba party: " We need to find a label - says - , a new name, a symbol, something that can unite the voters who once voted for penta. It would be important to distinguish between North and South Center .. ". The leader of the Pink says Cartotto sees good agreement with the League colleges in the North and the notables and dc psi South . Berlusconi, however, is cold: Bossi does not like, while staying with Fini in the South would be better ... "Then Craxi - reads the book - takes a sheet paper, and is one of the few moments where you sit. Begins to make circles. He said: "This is an electoral college. The voters are likely to be 80-85 thousand and 110 thousand people who will be entitled to vote. Those who go to vote will be 60-65 thousand. Taking into consideration these people with the weapon and you have in hand the TV, through which you can take a pounding propaganda in favor of this or that candidate , simply arrange a label that is able to bring together 25-30 thousand, to have a good chance to overturn the odds . It will happen for the surprise effect, the effect on television or the effect of the desire that the voters are not communists di non essere governati dai comunisti". Bettino insiste, cerca di convincere l'amico Silvio: "Se trovi una sigla giusta, con le tv e le tue strutture aziendali... Hai uomini sul territorio in tutta Italia, puoi riuscire a recuperare quella parte di elettorato che è sconvolto, confuso, ma anche deciso a non farsi governare dai comunisti e a salvare il salvabile" . A quel punto, racconta Cartotto, Craxi se ne deve andare. Berlusconi l'accompagna. Dopo qualche minuto il Cavaliere rientra più disteso: "Bene - dice - adesso so quello che devo fare" .
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