(ANSA) - Rome, December 23 - Former premier Silvio Berlusconi has pledged to re-build his Forza Italia party's support and win "all the elections" once he ends his social service sentence for a tax fraud in February.
"From February I will become free again and at the head of Forza Italia to transform the moderates' numerical majority into a political majority capable of winning all the elections," the media mogul said Monday night.
Speaking to young party members in Calabria by telephone Berlusconi looked forward to being free to travel in February once measures restricting him to his Rome residence are lifted with the end of the sentence.
"I will be able to travel over Italy and one of the first stops will be Calabria".
Berlusconi claimed that "because of an absolutely baseless sentence against me, they took away my political rights and limited my freedom".
Berlusconi insisted Forza Italia support for the centre left parties in the government coalition is confined to helping pass vital reforms.
"We get on with this left for institutional reforms which are ours from 2005 and that they abrogated with a referendum in 2006," he said.
"Voting together on these reforms doesn't mean confusing roles, we are in the opposition and an alternative to this left".
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