(ANSA) - ROME, APR 23 - The 5-Star Movement (M5S) and the
Rousseau IT platform that the anti-establishment group has used
to hold online votes of members on policies and decisions since
it was launched in 2009 have parted company.
The Rousseau association that owns the platform announced Friday
that it has broken off its relationship with the movement,
saying the decision was "painful but inevitable" after failing
to get answers on its future relationship with it.
The M5S said it would seek an alternative platform to consult
its members with.
"Direct democracy, participation, the involvement of members in
decisions, do not depend in the individual instrument used but
on the will of the M5S to rely on direct democracy," the
movement said via Facebook.
The M5S is currently the biggest group in the Italian parliament
after winning over 30% of the vote in the 2018 general election.
(ANSA).
M5S and Rousseau platform part company
Movement says it will continue to use direct democracy