NationStates Jolt Archive


Tangentopoli, here we go again!

Risottia
31-03-2009, 14:01
"Il lupo perde il pelo, ma non il vizio" (literally: the wolf may lose his mane, but not his habits)

Mario Chiesa, who in 1992 was the first to be arrested and jailed for taking bribes in the "Mani Pulite" investigation, which started the "Tangentopoli" nationwide scandal...

has been arrested AGAIN for bribery.

http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/a-lifetime-of-bribes/

Holy mother of... Some people NEVER change. I feel 17 years younger.

By the way, since the first arrest of Chiesa's ushered into the fall of the then-ruling parties (DC and PSI), I have some hopes about Berlusconi falling this time for good...
Wanderjar
31-03-2009, 15:43
Sounds to me like someone is a corrupt politician who refuses to learn his lesson...
Antilon
31-03-2009, 16:08
"Il lupo perde il pelo, ma non il vizio" (literally: the wolf may lose his mane, but not his habits)


Shouldn't it be "Il lupo perde i suoi peli, ma non i suoi vizi."?