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Article: ITALIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN STALLS ROME.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- July 6, 1995
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Byline: DANIEL WILLIAMS (c) 1995, The Washington Post
ROME Italy's 3-year-old revolt against political corruption has run smack into a counterrevolution.
Dissident prosecutors and their political backers are assaulting the judicial proceedings that have destroyed Italy's postwar political order through hundreds of corruption cases brought against leading businessmen and politicians, including two former prime ministers.
While the critics allege excess by the prosecutors, Italian public opinion appears increasingly complacent. And reformers say they are concerned that Italy, having embarked on a voyage of fundamental change, will be stuck ...