Rome city council on Tuesday
approved the ruling 5-Star Movement's (M5S) changes to the
council statute allowing for 'propositive' as well as
consultative referenda, the abolition of the quorum, trialling
electronic voting, a 'participatory' balance sheet, and enabling
online petitions to be debated "along the lines of the British
parliament".
Gender representation is also modified, from 50% to 60%-40%.
The M5S prides itself on its online democracy regulations.
MP candidates are chosen by online votes and members can
propose legislation online.
The M5S's Rome mayor Virginia Raggi was elected to be the
Italian capital's first woman mayor in a landslide in June 2016.
photo: Raggi
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