Anti-establishment 5-Star
movement leader (M5S) Beppe Grillo on Tuesday hailed House
Speaker Laura Boldrini's scheduling of debate next week on an
M5S bill to abolish parliamentarians' 'vitalizi' pensions.
"Let's hope (Senate Speaker Pietro) Grasso does the same,"
Grillo wrote on his blog. Senior M5S member Luigi Di Maio, the
the Lower House Deputy Speaker, on Monday described the
'vitalizi' as medieval as he presented a proposal to abolish
them. Unlike ordinary pensions, 'vitalizi' are paid from when a
person leaves parliament, not when they reach retirement age.
They are frequently portrayed by critics as a symbol of the
privileges the Italian political class gives itself. "This is a
medieval privilege that we want to abolish with 20 lines of text
and a simple resolution," said Di Maio, who is frequently tipped
to be a future M5S premier candidate.
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