Berlusconi: "This country becomes uncivil and barbaric"

Silvio Berlusconi broke out after the sentence of four years imprisonment dictated against Milan Criminal Court on charges of tax fraud in the acquisition of television rights for audiovisual empire Mediaset's sentence was reduced to one year under an amnesty 2006. " It is a political condemnation, unbelievable and intolerable .'s undoubtedly a political sentence, as politicians are many lawsuits that have been invented on me, "said the businessman in one of the TV stations it owns. "I know you can not go on like this. Must do something. When you can not count on the fair trial in a country, this country becomes uncivil, barbaric, uninhabitable and ceases to be a democracy . Sadly, Today our country is well , "said Berlusconi, who days earlier announced he will not run in the 2013 elections. The former prime minister said the ruling is the confirmation of a " real and true judicial persecution , the use of the courts for political purposes . " In addition, the charge defined as totally "unrealistic" and said their lawyers considered "impossible sentence in this process." In addition to the prison term, Berlusconi is prohibited for three years (once the judgment becomes final) performance fees in legal entities and enterprises and contact with the public, and for four years to carry out some and type of tax assistance for five years to hold public officials . You must also pay, provisionally,  euro 10 million Italian tax .