Politics, love and legal troubles, the former Speaker of the Chamber: «I told myself: "My life doesn't end here"» «It's true, I was Speaker of the Chamber in '94 but my life, despite the troubles with the law, remains a never-ending crescendo». Irene Pivetti, 59, talks about her new business: «Since mid-October I've been managing the Smack restaurant, a soup kitchen at the social centre in Monza. I live in the boarding house next door. I'm at the cash register, I decide who to hire and who not to, I do everything, even horrible cappuccinos». The tax evasion investigation that concerns her, for which 3.5 million euros were seized, has left her in serious financial difficulty: «I'm under investigation, I think they want to send me to trial. In that case I will rebut every dispute line by line. My reputation has been ruined as if I were a monster. They wiped out my company, I had put all my assets there. Now I live on the thousand euros a month that the social cooperative gives me for the work I do in the canteen. Happiness does not depend on money, of course it solves many problems. There are people who do not even have that, but I do not complain, I am not a victim. I ended up in a judicial meat grinder and this is another chapter". The phone rings, who is Salvini? Bossi? "She smiles embarrassed, they have not contacted me for many years now. But other friends have come forward. This one on the phone is one of them, from Sicily, he makes wonderful Christmas packages with Sicilian products". Here, we remind her that she was expelled from the Northern League because she did not want secession. "Good, she remembers. Maybe I would have expected more closeness from someone but the infernal machine of justice is scary and pushes people to distance themselves". From the riches to the stables? "I am grateful to the Lord for having been president of the Chamber because the honor of serving the State in this way is something that marks you forever. Bossi and Fini wanted me on the highest seat in Montecitorio. And Berlusconi too. A young woman, expendable as political marketing, was convenient". Yet the new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni did not mention her in her speech to the Chamber among the women who have broken the glass ceiling. "She was not obliged to remember them all, there are so many of us. I was not offended, on the contrary I am very proud of this young and capable Prime Minister. Now we need the presidency of the Republic". We remind her of the crimes for which she is accused. "The only thing missing is the Kennedy assassination and then I committed all the crimes. When this thing broke out I thought it was a mistake. Then I understood that I had to accept the mourning and I said to myself: "my life does not end here". Was I naive? Yes, perhaps I could have used a front man. But I am... (by Nino Luca / Corriere TV). Watch the video on Corriere: https://video.corriere.it/politica/nu...