The election of the parliamentary
Speakers is not linked to the formation of a government in
Italy's hung parliament, the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement
(M5S) reiterated Thursday, saying it was claiming the
Speakership of the Lower House.
"We reiterated to the political forces that we ant to
indicate the Speakers detaching these nominations from the issue
of the government and making sure they are names that represent
the popular will that made the M5S the top political force in
the country, and we have seen that the (centre-left) Democratic
Party (PD) and the League are open to this," said M5S Lower
House Whip Giulia Grillo.
She was speaking after talks on the Speakerships, the first
task of the parliament that will sit on March 23.
She conducted the talks with M5S Senate Whip Danilo
Toninelli.
Giulia Grillo is not a relation of the M5S's founder,
comedian Beppe Grillo.
Giulia Grillo added: "It is only right that the Speakership
of the House should got to the M5S.
She said they had asked for the House official because they
wanted debate on scrapping parliamentary 'vitalizi' pensions to
start off in the lower chamber.
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