Never mind that it contradicted his policy that office-holders under formal suspicion should resign; Mr Fini does not want an election before the voters are familiar with his new party.
Mr Berlusconi’s defenders are blaming the newspapers, the magistrates, the foreigners and his arch-rival (and erstwhile supporter), Gianfranco Fini, for their man’s difficulties.
The prime minister's man won, but thanks largely to the abstention of 25 PdL deputies allied to Gianfranco Fini, who had ended months of bickering by breaking with Mr Berlusconi a few days earlier.
貝盧斯科尼大權日益削弱的主要原因就是Fini。 因此，首相的其他支持者要求Fini下課，退居下議院作發言人，但並沒有出言不遜。
On September 5th Gianfranco Fini, the speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and the man who started it all, delivered a keenly anticipated speech.
Other supporters of the prime minister are calling for Mr Fini, the principal cause of Mr Berlusconi’s weakening grip on office, to resign as speaker of the lower house.
Although Mr Fini has courage, he is capable of breathtaking inconsistency-just take the abstention in this week's vote.
It is time for Mr Fini to show that he possesses these too.
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