Berlusconi party MPs resign to protest conviction: report
Aug. 2 (AFP) -- Lawmakers from Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom Party (PDL) tendered their resignation from Italy's parliament Friday to protest the tax fraud conviction against their leader, media reported.
News outlets in Italy reported that the MPs handed in their resignation to protest the landmark ruling against Berlusconi, who said after meeting them in Rome that his party was prepared to contest fresh polls.
Why would PDL members give up their careers for Berlusconi? It just seems stupid.
He owns their careers, he can do whatever he wants with them.
He also knows where their family live and pays their bodyguards, of course, so little danger of treason. They know the price.
