Forza Italia MP says they will ask for Berlusconi's pardon

(AGI) Rome, March 15 - Forza Italia politician Daniela Santanche' said "we must take action and promote an appeal to President Napolitano to grant a pardon for Silvio Berlusconi".

  "The signatures of millions of Italians are needed so that democracy can be restored in Italy. The 10th of April [the date in which the courts will decide on the issue of Berlusconi's community service] represents an insult to democracy", she said. "We cannot accept the travesty brought about by those who intended to exclude Berlusconi from Italian politics via the judiciary", she concluded.