Under-fire Berlusconi insists Italians like him the way he is

PRIME Minister Silvio Berlusconi, facing a public divorce and a raft of sex scandals, has insisted he would not change and claimed Italians wanted him as he was.

“I am like that and I will not change. People want me the way I am. And Italians want me, I have 61% support [in polls],” he told a news conference.

“They want me because I am good, generous, sincere, loyal and I carry out my promises.”