Grillo says Italy divided whoever wins

(see related story on Renzi) (ANSA) - Turin, December 2 - 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Beppe Grillo wrapped up the anti-establishment group's campaign for a No vote in Sunday's Constitutional referendum with a rally in Turin's central Piazza San Carlo on Friday. "This reform that they want to pass has a legislative structure that no one understands," the comedian-turned-politician said. "They do it deliberately because the brain does not want complexity, it depresses it. People don't understand and they don't react, so they can steal everything from you, including public water and public schooling". The rally was attended by leading M5S lawmakers Luigi Di Maio, Roberto Fico and Alessandro Di Battista and the M5S's new mayors of Rome and Turin - Chiara Appendino and Virginia Raggi - whose local election victories this year were seen as a big step forward for a movement founded in 2009. "The country is split, whether one wins or one loses," Grillo said. "It's a situation of mental stasis.... You have to react here. You have to react here," he added, banging his fists on his stomach.