NAfter months of arguing over the leadership and future direction of the left-wing populist five-star movement, the former Italian prime minister has already Giuseppe Conte The new party constitution and party emblem were introduced. The dispute between Conte and the founder of the movement and TV comedian Beppegrillo is sometimes so fierce that a split seems inevitable. However, last week, Conte and Grillo reconciled.
The registered supporters of the movement have been the strongest force in the parliament since the elections in March 2018 and are now the third consecutive coalition government to hold key cabinet positions. They will vote on the new regulations via the Internet. August 2-6. Conte, a 56-year-old law professor who led two coalition governments between June 2018 and January 2021 — first the right-wing national coalition, then the Social Democratic Party — said in it Facebook Published video: “In the regulations, you will find that I think the basis of our joint action is restored.”
If parliamentarians accept the new regulations, a new party leader will be elected soon. The only candidate is Conte, who has not officially become a member of Five Stars. The passage of the regulations and the election of Conte as the leader of the party were considered possible.
Like a “dominant godfather”
Contis was appointed as the candidate for the highest position in the party cricketThe “guarantor” of the Five-Star Movement, as usual, does it single-handedly. According to the new regulations, the five-star movement in the future will operate like a traditional party — whose seats are in Rome — no longer like a scattered grassroots movement. The term of office of party leaders and other senior officials is four years, and they can be re-elected. However, the 73-year-old “guarantor” Beppe Grillo’s office remains indefinitely.
In contrast, party leaders will be solely responsible for the political leadership and programmatic orientation of future movements. The dispute over the distribution of powers between the party leaders and the “guarantors” is the main reason for the serious rift between the two most important leaders in this movement. Grillo accused Conte of not understanding the history of the movement, having no vision for the future of Italy, and no management skills. As far as Conte is concerned, he accused Grillo of managing the movement he founded like a “dominant godfather” rather than a “generous father”.
In the statute drafted by Conte, five stars were given new meanings in the name of sports. In the future, they will represent common goods, overall ecology, social justice, technological innovation and ecological social market economy. So far, the stars have symbolized water as a common good, environmental protection, sustainable mobility, development and connectivity. Among the slightly different emblems of the movement, the number 2050 is the goal point for the neutral reorganization of the Italian economy and climate by the middle of this century.
The decentralized approach is followed in the program
The new regulations clearly prohibit the use of insulting expressions and insults in political disputes. In terms of content, Conte also wanted to move the party into the political center. This is the implementation of the plan that the left-wing populist movement has been practicing since its victory in the 2018 elections, as the ruling party forms an alliance with representatives of the once hated political and economic institutions – first the alliance, and then the Social Democratic Party.
In the Saturday night video, Conte was extremely reconciled with Grillo: “We were initiated by Pepe Grillo twelve years ago, and we were elected as the most powerful political force in the parliamentary elections three years ago. As a result, we have achieved a lot and fulfilled many promises. In one thing, we are still very different from all other parties: our focus is on citizens. “After six difficult months, the movement is now “Must” unite again, “request Conte: “We must win back those you have lost faith in a better future.”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio in the Cabinet of the current Prime Minister Mario Draghi became the political leader of the party after suffering a series of severe losses in the regional and local elections in January 2020. Five-star sports provide. Since then, the party has been temporarily led by Senator Vito Crimei. In the March 2018 election, these five stars won with about 33% of the votes. In the latest opinion poll, their approval rate was 15%. You represent the largest parliamentary body in both houses of the parliament and the most important pillar in the broad alliance of Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
In the past few days, Conte has repeatedly reiterated his resistance to the judicial reform initiated by Attorney General Marta Catabia, which is mainly aimed at speeding up criminal and civil proceedings. “We are also in favor of speeding up the legal process,” Conte said in a video on Saturday. “But we will not accept the threshold of impunity, thereby preventing justice for victims of crime.” Received a conversation about this issue Draghi On Monday, his predecessor, Conte, came to his office for the first time. Draghi has previously announced that if necessary, he will require a vote of confidence in judicial reform disputes to enforce coalition discipline.
