 Berlusconi says he will not run for PM again October 24, 2012 - 22:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Italy's Silvio Berlusconi says that he will not run again for the premiership at elections early next year and will hand his People of Freedom party over to a successor, Courier Mail reports. "I will not be presenting my candidacy but I will remain at the side of younger people who can play and score goals," said the media magnate, who founded the party in 2009 and is famous for talking politics in football terms. The 76-year-old tycoon, who owns AC Milan football club and three national television channels, said in a statement that his successor would be appointed by the end of December following a party vote. "I still have good muscles and a head on my shoulders, but my role will be to give advice", he said, adding that the vote may take place December 16. "For the love of Italy one can do crazy and wise things. Eighteen years ago I came onto the scene, a mad move that did not lack wisdom: I now take a step back," the billionaire said, putting to an end speculation over his return. Berlusconi said it was now up to the party secretary Angelino Alfano "and a new generation of young people to reproduce the miracle of 1994" when the man famed for his love of wild parties was first appointed prime minister. Partner news  Top stories Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer of the Oklahoma medical examiner's office, said 51 were confirmed dead. An Islamist insurgency, once confined largely to the republic of Chechnya, has spread across the North Caucasus in recent years. Earlier, at least five Azerbaijan soldiers were killed and six seriously injured when their vehicle rammed into a tree and overturned. Among its provisions are bans on child marriage and the traditional practice of selling and buying women to settle disputes.   Partner news |  Latest news “Wall Street and W” scribe to adapt “Three Graves Full” novel  The book follows a mild-mannered guy who happens to kill somebody he wishes he’d never met, and buries the body in his backyard.Park Chan-wook cult film “Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance” getting remake The film centers on two men who are bound by their common sense of loss and headed on a collision course of revenge.Russia to scrap world’s largest nuke subs by 2018 Six Typhoon-class submarines entered service with the Soviet Navy in the 1980s, and remain the largest submarines ever built.Syrian, Hezbollah forces fighting rebels in key town of Qusair At least 31 fighters from the Hezbollah group, a staunch ally of President Assad, have been killed in the struggle for the town of Qusair. |
