sentences:  He became spokesman for the party but was not elected to the Italian Parliament in 2001 and left the party in 2005.In 2005, for second time, he left the political spectrum and became a presenter of a television political program.In the Tangentopoli scandal, regarding the illicit financing of the Socialist Party, Martelli was sentenced to 8 months in prison in 2000, suspended on probation, after confessing, for having received ₤ 500 million in the case of the Enimont maxi-tangent.