Quake victim seeks shelter from Silvio

A MAN made homeless by April’s earthquake in central Italy has asked Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to keep his promise and provide victims with lodging in one of his houses.

Antonio Bernardini, whose home in the mountain city of L’Aquila was destroyed, wrote to Italy’s Civil Protection agency saying he preferred lodging in Berlusconi’s luxurious sea-side Sardinian villa or his residence in central Rome, “if possible”.

“This is not a provocation, but a legitimate request based on the statements of the prime minister,” Bernardini said.