From the undisputed leader and lord of the “vaffa” to an element of embarrassment. The parable of Beppe Grillo within the Five Star Movement, it marks a further descent enacted by the exponents of the Grillino party itself. The founder of the Cinquestelle caused quite a few stomachaches among his own supporters after his controversial foreign policy posts and the dispute over a contract with his political creature. Especially in view of the dreaded hypothesis of his return to the top. This scenario has, unsurprisingly, prompted the pentastellated vertices to externalize some clarifications smack of distancing.
The assemblyman Fabio Massimo Castaldo, coordinator of the M5S Committee on European and International Relations, was very clear on this point. Even too much. “Grillo agrees personal title, but he does not determine the political line. There is President Conte, the Foreign Affairs Committee and the National Council, the supreme body in which we discuss. Grillo has the role of guarantor, guardian of principles, but he doesn’t define the agenda or political positions,” the pentastellato exponent explained to Adnkronos, effectively ousting the comedian from any representative post among the Grillini. Internal tensions that now favor the Cinquestelle rely on Conte rather than the erratic posts of their founder.
The speech applies above all to foreign policy, which has become a crucial issue in recent days. “For us, for example, the communiqué with which President Conte clarified our position on Article 51 of the UN Charter (regarding the shipment of arms to Ukraine, editor’s note) is authentic,” added the Pentastellato on the subject added. Castaldo again distanced himself from the spontaneous assessments of the Ligurian comedian. “Grillo’s statements acknowledge his point of view and have nothing to do with us.” Then theanother setback on the blog of the former comedian and guarantor: “It’s a showcase that is also granted to thinkers, academics, it’s not an organ on which the official position of the M5s is disseminated”. And to consider that, on the other hand, the same websites used to be considered a kind of totem of Grillismo to turn to in moments of confusion.
Everything is different now. “The boundary is very clear: there’s the movement that has organs and there’s a person who holds the role guarantor, not as a political leader. The guarantor actually plays a guarantee role. It intervenes in certain moments, but has nothing to do with the definition of the political line‘ stressed MP Castaldo. Then, after the post with which Grillo winked at China, further clarification.” On China, I would like to specify that I have always stood up for the rights of persecuted minorities, including the Uyghurs and Tibetans. We’ve never discounted anyone.”
But despite the differences and distances, Grillo had signed an advantage in recent days economic agreement with the Movement for Communications Consultancy. An apparent contradiction that MEP Grillino dribbles like this: “From a professional point of view, his contribution is always positive. the difference I don’t think there is any problem with accountability. It is clear that the positions of the blog are not those of the M5 and vice versa.” In short, everyone in their place. And Grillo’s place isn’t what it used to be.