Bertolaso 'best candidate' says Berlusconi

(ANSA) - Rome, February 12 - Former premier Silvio Berlusconi said Friday that ex-civil protection chief Guido Bertolaso was the best candidate to run Rome.
    Speaking after Bertolaso accepted a centre-right offer to stand in the June mayoral elections, Berlusconi praised his "can do" record as civil protection chief.
    In particular, he lauded his handling of "epochal events" such as the Campania waste crisis, the aftermath of the 2009 Abruzzo earthquake and the decision to move the 2009 Group of Eight meeting from Sardinia to Abruzzo capital L'Aquila.