Referendum, M5S storm for positions with Salvini and Meloni

Published on: 09/15/2020 3:39 PM

Matteo Salvini, Giorgia Meloni and Nicola Zingaretti. All the testimonies of the Yes to the referendum on the reduction of parliamentarians on September 20 and 21, but to pay the sponsorship of the publications with her face, on Facebook, is the. 5 star motion group on camera. The controversy breaks out, inside and outside the M5S, due to posts sponsored by the Facebook page ‘Vote Yes’, in which the image of the leaders of the Lega, Fratelli d’Italia and the Democratic Party is used to support the reasons of reform wanted by the 5-star Movement.

As can be seen in the screenshots circulated in the last hours, the M5S group from Montecitorio finances the publicity of these messages (with the aim of promoting their circulation and reaching an increasing number of potential voters). “But the 5-Star Movement is campaigning for Salvini? And they also call him captain!” Remarked in disbelief the deputy from Grillino Andrea Colletti, aligned with No in the referendum. Even in internal talks, many elected officials make no secret of their discontent and bewilderment over what is called a political and communicative “own goal”.

“Simply”, explain Parliamentary sources from Grillina to Adnkronos, “it is a strategy to reach audiences that are not ours, remembering the positions taken and the votes given by their leaders of reference” precisely at a time when the center-right forces are pressing the No under trace to push the government. At the moment, the same sources indicate, the M5S group spent about 2,000 euros to sponsor the publications in question.

On Facebook, former M5S members make up the story and try to remove some stones from the shoe. “W transparency. This is how the parliamentary group M5S Camera wastes public money … I leave you the comments … Fortunately, at least Facebook is transparent!”, Writes Marco Rizzone, MP involved in the matter of the so-called ‘boys smart ‘from the INPS bonus and for this expelled by the referees.

For Senator Gregorio De Falco, on the other hand, “it is interesting to understand who decided this sponsorship, if the deputies of the parliamentary group knew it and if they decided it democratically. Did they deliberate the spending by voting? Or,” asks the frigate captain. as on other occasions someone has decided for everyone? And what role does communication play, it totally dominates politics and you choose the tactics and objectives?

Even Più Europa goes on the attack with Giordano Masini, coordinator of the party’s political secretariat: “We ask for an immediate intervention from President Fico and the College of Quaestors, since it is an improper use of the funds of parliamentary groups that cannot finance activities of electoral propaganda So far the savings in the cut of parliamentarians that the grillini proclaim ” (By Antonio Atte)