09 Feb 09
Coma woman's fate left in Berlusconi's hands →
Prime Minister wants law to overrule Italy’s highest court
The heart-wrenching case of a woman in a coma for 17 years and the father who wants to end her life has been transformed by Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, with quiet but forceful backing from the Vatican, into an attempt to short-circuit the Italian constitution, enhancing his own powers.
