Former Lower House Speaker Irene
Pivetti said after a court of first instance in Milan sentenced
her to four year in jail for tax evasion that it was "just the
end of the first half" and that she would appeal, confident in
the knowledge that "I have never evaded taxes".
The former League MP and youngest ever Speaker in 1994 said:
"This is only the end of the first half. I wasn't expecting
anything different. I'm curious to see the explanation of the
ruling. We will appeal and I'm calm because I'm perfectly
innocent. I've always paid taxes. But here the point of
contention is to pass Pivetti off as a tax evader, which she
isn't."
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