The Freedom Army (''Esercito della Libertà '') or Silvio's Army (''Esercito di Silvio'') is a wing of
Forza Italia. On 28 April 2013, the four-time Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies f ...
and his entourage launched an online initiative, which consisted in the recruitment of volunteers, who are available to defend Berlusconi from the convictions of
Milan
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's prosecutors, who are dealing with his trials, and whom Berlusconi often accused of being
communists
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and
anti-democratic.
Simone Furlan, the creator of the Freedom Army, said in an interview: "There comes a time in life, when you realize that fighting for an ideal is no longer a choice but an obligation. We civil society we were helpless spectators of the 'War of the Twenty Years' which saw Silvio Berlusconi fight and defend against slanderous accusations of all kinds, the result of a judicial persecution without precedent in history." This initiative was condemned by the
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, the
Five Star Movement and
Left Ecology Freedom
Left Ecology Freedom ( it, Sinistra Ecologia Libertà , SEL) was a democratic socialist political party in Italy whose bulk was formed by former members of the Communist Refoundation Party.
The party's leader was Nichi Vendola, a former Preside ...
.
References
External links
Official website(in Italian)
Anti-communist organizations
2013 establishments in Italy
2013 in Italy
Organisations associated with The People of Freedom
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