M5S rank and file to vote on expulsion

(ANSA) - Rome, September 26 - Comedian-turned-politician Beppe Grillo said Monday an online vote on expulsion from his 5-Star Movement (M5S) will be held starting tomorrow.
    "A vote will commence tomorrow to allow all M5S supporters to decide if and what changes should be made to the Movement's Non-Statute and Regulations," Grillo wrote on his popular blog.
    The rank and file will be asked to indicate what they think constitutes sanctionable conduct, what sanctions should be used in what cases, and whether the decision to sanction a member should be up to a panel of spokespeople or to Beppe Grillo himself.
    Supporters will be asked if they want to leave the rules on expulsion as is, or if they want to adopt a new rule.
    Currently the M5S code says members are liable to expulsion, to being recalled, and to being suspended up to 12 months.
    The vote will close October 26, Grillo wrote.