Political career of Silvio Berlusconi major demonstration of the centre-right in Rome against the government led by Romano Prodi, Silvio Berlusconi proposed the foundation of a ""Freedom Party"", stressing that the people and the voters of the different political movements adhering to the demonstration were all part of a ""people of freedom"". On 18 November 2007, after claiming the collection of more than 7 million signatures (including Umberto Bossi's) demanding the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano to call a fresh election, Silvio Berlusconi announced from the running board of a car in a crowded Piazza San Babila in Milan that Forza Italia would have
Father of the House (New Zealand) Father of the House (New Zealand) Father or Mother of the New Zealand Parliament, often called Father of the House, is an unofficial title applied to the longest continuously serving MP in the house, regardless of their position. The Father of the House has no official role in Parliament. The current Father of the House in the New Zealand Parliament is Nick Smith, a former Cabinet Minister, having served continuously since 1990. While Winston Peters first entered parliament in 1979, he was not in Parliament from 1981 to 1984, or between 2008 and 2011. In New Zealand's first election of