The winner of the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) online poll to be Genoa
mayoral candidate, Marika Cassimatis, on Tuesday appealed to a
civil court in the northwestern Italian city - and not the
Regional Administrative Court (TAR) of Liguria as she had
mistakenly told a press conference earlier - against M5S leader
Beppe Grillo's decision to replace her with the second-placed
candidate who was more to his liking.
The civil suit asks the civil court for her and her list to
be reinstated.
Cassimatis has already filed a defamation suit against Grillo
and M5S bigwig Alessandro Di Battista, and now says she has also
filed another suit because of physical threats she received the
day after she won the poll.
Grillo announced that he was dropping Cassimatis on March 17.
On his blog, Grillo said the movement had "no space for those
who are only looking for a post".
He also said that many people on Cassimatis' electoral list
had "repeatedly and continually damaged the image of the
Movement".
Grillo then approved Luca Pirondini, who placed second in the
poll that Cassimatis won.
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