Berlusconi says FI only credible option

(ANSA) - Rome, August 8 - Forza Italia (FI) is the "only credible opposition" to an incapable government led by Premier Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party (PD), ex-premier and FI leader Silvio Berlusconi said Friday.
    In a letter to FI Senators, Berlusconi said he would work with them to "fight and defend our freedom," adding that he was not giving up his own battle to return to full political life.
    "Our movement has become the only credible opposition to a government that has shown itself unable to cut spending, reduce taxes, to achieve real structural reforms in the economy," wrote Berlusconi. The 77-year-old billionaire was ejected from the Senate last November and banned from office for six years following his definitive conviction in a tax fraud case.