Grillo “arrived in Rome”. Conte’s impulse: “If he had come with us to the trenches…”

Beppe Grillo, Agi discovers, had arrived in Rome on the eve of the Constituent Assembly, which Giuseppe Conte strongly wanted as a phase of “refoundation from below” of the 5 Star Movement. However, the Guarantor and co-founder of the party would, at least for now, be inclined not to participate in the two-day Nova event, the meeting with members to decide whether to change the line – from the maximum two-term limit for those elected to power. which today belong to Grillo himself – scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at the Palazzo dei Congressi where the results of participation and choices that will influence the future of the Movement will be known “live”. A capital that promises to be crowded, from a political point of view, since on Tuesday, the 26th, shortly after, Davide Casaleggio, son of the other co-founder of M5, will also be present for the presentation of his book, “The algorithms of power” (at 6:30 pm at the Vis Factor headquarters, in via della Scrofa).

Today, however, the Movement’s line is that, if Grillo appeared at the Constituent Assembly, he would certainly not be denied the microphone. Giuseppe Conte himself said: “If Grillo comes to the Constituent Assembly he is the Guarantor, it is obvious that he can participate. And God forbid.” But there was no lack of impulses: “It is unthinkable that, today that we are carrying out this experience of direct democracy, with the Constituent Assembly, the Guarantor would oppose this path, which is even overwhelmingly democratic”, said again the president of M5s who, defined by Grillo like “The Wizard of Oz”, he relaunches with one of those “unsaid” things that he often relies on: “With a joke I said that the impression is that he is the last Japanese, who remained convinced and contrasts with a whole community of members who currently vote on issues decided by them for the first time in proposals put to a vote in a transparent manner”.

Instead, it would be better if “he had taken the time to come with us to the trenches when we have to vote, to try to roll up his sleeves with the many activists who are committed in the area, often even with less than brilliant results.” , because in many areas we have a lot to work on. We are always acting with great coherence and the heart and passion of many members today have the opportunity to vote on the future of the Movement.” “Tell me, who are the Japanese who remain isolated?”: this is the former prime minister’s rhetorical question.