Berlusconi Doesn't Concede Defeat Despite Court Ruling

It's going to be fun watching this Scum go to jail.....

ROME, April 19 — Italy's highest court upheld today the narrow victory of Romano Prodi to become the next prime minister, but there were signs that Silvio Berlusconi, the current prime minister, would still not concede defeat.

Mr. Berlusconi made no public comment the immediate hours after the Court of Cassazione released its final count of last week's bitterly contested elections at 6 p.m. local time. But several of Mr. Berlusconi's aides suggested that the court's decision was not good enough, as some critics wondered if Italy's political crisis was worsening from stalemate to hostile takeover bid.

"We acknowledge the decision," said Sandro Bondi, national coordinator for Mr. Berlusconi's Forza Italia Party. But, he said, "the reservations we advanced continue to stand."

Earlier in the day, Mr. Bondi floated a proposal that some political experts believe is the real force behind Mr. Berlusconi's reluctance to acknowledge the election results. He suggested that Mr. Berlusconi be made the president of Italy — a position that would give him great prestige, keep him in politics and allow him to protect any attack by a new government on his vast holdings in media, publishing and sports.