M5S calls Renzi 'convict's crony'

(ANSA) - Rome, August 21 - The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) said Thursday it won't take flak from "a convict's crony" such as Premier Matteo Renzi.
    The alleged crony in question is former premier and tax-fraud convict Silvio Berlusconi, who has made a deal with Renzi on electoral and Constitutional reform.
    "We will not take lessons from a premier who wants to reform justice with someone who has always tried to sink it," M5S MP Luigi Di Maio wrote on the blog of movement leader Beppe Grillo.
    His blog post came after Renzi earlier denounced members of the opposition M5S after they refused to meet with Italian Justice Minister Andrea Orlando on reforms to the justice system.
    In a post on his Twitter feed, Renzi said that M5S members would be more willing to speak to terrorists than the government.