A very long national council, which ended late at night, was unable to define the details of a complex and delicate job. On the table of the highest five-star body, the questions that will be put to the vote of the members to relaunch the M5s. We will have to wait another 48 hours for the final draft. The leaders are busy with the filings, but the substance is there. The Constituent Assembly at the end of November will vote on the role of the guarantor, on the limits of mandates and on alliances. As well as on the symbol and name of the Movement to come. No referendum, however, on the leadership of President Giuseppe Conte. While the contours of the voting operations take shape. Online consultation open as early as November 21st, two days before the start of ‘Novà, the culmination event of the Constituent Assembly set for the Palazzo dei Congressi from the 23rd to the 24th. Online voting until early Sunday afternoon, then the outcome will be communicated at the end of the event.
Meanwhile, there are hours of intense work and feverish waiting in the ranks of the Movement. The work on the questions is not the easiest. And the long hours of discussion at the National Council prove it. The publication was expected today, but we will still have to wait. «The draft slavishly follows the Avventura Urbana report which pulls the strings of the constituent process», Campo Marzio is keen to point out. And there are many, perhaps too many, ideas that emerged in the working groups and summarized in the report. The challenge is to condense a mass of different proposals into clear and balanced questions. The trend that emerged in the Council would be that of a hybrid modality between referendum questions and questions with a choice option. And this applies to the modification of the name and symbol, for the intricate revision of the limit of two mandates and for the crux of alliances.
The most discussed example in Transatlantic, however, is the one relating to role of Beppe Grillo. To a blunt question, such as “do you want to eliminate the role of the guarantor?”, the member would find himself at a crossroads: “yes” or “no”. In the case of a negative response, a sort of drop-down menu would open with other proposals to choose from. Always among those that emerged during the deliberative discussion: and they range from converting the figure into a fixed-term role to transforming it into an honorary position. Regardless of the procedure, one thing is certain: Beppe Grillo’s powers will be reduced by the consultation, if not definitively cancelled. It is no coincidence that now all the spotlight is on the possible reactions of the guarantor. Starting with his possible fiery speech in the Assembly, after months of open war with the president. Nobody rules it out, many are expecting a surprise. And there are those, like Pasquale Tridico, who hope for Grillo’s trip to Rome for the Constituent Assembly. But it doesn’t end here.
Among the corridors of the Chamber, the hypothesis is beginning to consolidate that the Assembly risks not closing the Grillo issue. Many point out that the guarantor can always request the repetition of some votes. And, in the case of a second round of consultations, an already disruptive hypothesis in itself, reaching the quorum of half plus one of the members would be a significant obstacle. On which Grillo could play the card of inviting abstention. The fears are there. After a Council in which there were moments of heated confrontation, with some councilors equidistant between Conte and Grillo and some critical of the strategy, the president is preparing to close ranks. It brings the groups together, also to curb some bad mood among parliamentarians who felt excluded from the Constituent process. And he is ready to speak to his community, with the intention of launching two further moments of online debate before the Assembly. A way to mobilize the base, but also consensus. Meanwhile, over 2000 registrations have arrived for “Nova”.