M5s, Patuanelli: 'Second term rule to be overcome. The progressive camp is not in doubt"
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"Splits in a community happen when there are parties that are not listened to. But when there is open discussion and everyone can have their say, I see absolutely no reason to fear a split". M5s group leader in the Senate Stefano Patuanelli thus intervenes on the clash taking place between President Giuseppe Conte and Guarantor Beppe Grillo. And he warns: 'If it is decided, as we have decided, to start a constituent process, the members must be able to discuss everything. It will not be me, it will not be Conte or anyone else in the ruling class who will impose the topics, but neither will it be anyone else who will limit them'.
But what does Member Patuanelli think of the second term limit that Grillo wants to maintain?
I have a total conflict of interest, so it is with this approach, on tiptoe, that I approach the subject. Moreover, I am already in my third term: I served one term in the city council and now I am in my second term in Parliament, which shows that the rule has already changed over the years. After that I believe there is clearly an issue to be addressed without putting solutions first. The issue is the reduced strength with which we are present in the territories in the face of preference champions that push other political forces. One could, for example, provide that where there are preferences one can stand for election regardless
of mandates.
There is also talk of the possibility of changing the name and symbol. Perhaps because they belong to Grillo?
I am a humble engineer and therefore do not go into legal matters. What I can say is that the 5 Star Movement Association was given a new statute when Giuseppe Conte
accepted the challenge to be our president. And so there are all the statutory requirements to decide through the assembly process even the fate of the name and symbol.
