The 5 Star Movement could drastically change the line on public funding for parties. After having made it a point of honor for years not to have to depend on the money of the voters and after the system of self-financing through the contributions paid by parliamentarians - the so-called reimbursements - entered into crisis, due to missed or delayed refunds of many, the pentastellati in fact evaluate the registration of the Movement in the register of parties which allows access to the 2X1000 funds in the tax return.

However, the decision will pass from an online vote among M5S members, which will open on Monday and will last 24 hours. This was announced by the grillini site itself, explaining that in the same voting session the members will also be able to express themselves on the destination of the funds for the refunds of the pentastellated parliamentarians.

However, the possible turning point does not appeal to many "orthodox" exponents of the Movement. Like Senator Vincenzo Presutto, who declared: “I disagree. There are no public funds that could be worth such a radical change of course ".

And Alessandro Di Battista also attacks: "The Movement has asked a lot of times for money from members, activists and sympathizers and money always came. Tens of thousands of small donations that have allowed us to organize all kinds of events", he wrote on social media, adding: "The money came because there was an identity. The Movement did not have luxurious seats and it was a beautiful Movement". Now, however, continues Di Battista, “the new movement is twisting on itself. Unable to obtain donations by focusing on identity (and I believe you, he rules with Renzi, Salvini, Bonino, Berlusconi, Letta and under Draghi) he follows the path of all the other parties. A road - concludes Di Battista - that in the past he would not have taken even under torture ".

(Unioneonline / lf)

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