Anti-establishment 5-Star Movement
(M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio said Tuesday his group was open to
external candidates, as well as those chosen by its online
candidacy process, for the March 4 general election.
Speaking on talk show Porta a Porta, he said "that means
giving opportunities to people who work in schools,
associations, to businesspeople, to take part in our process".
Di Maio said the other parties were picking candidates from
inside their ranks while "we are doing a public selection and we
are identifying the best minds".
Di Maio said that the external candidates, too, would have to
go through the so-called 'parlamentarie' online selection
process.
He said he was thinking of one candidate who has drawn
headlines, Costa Concordia disaster 'hero' commander Gregorio De
Falco. "He too will go through the parlamentarie," Di Maio said.
De Falco was praised for ordering 'captain coward' Francesco
Schettinno to "get back on board, dammit".
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