The outburst of Beppe Grillo and the suicide of the 5 Star Movement
Beppe Grillo's video commented by the political notist Francesco Damato
Well, I would be dishonest if I didn't recognize Beppe Grillo for the courage he had in attacking "journalists or judges", even though they share a question mark that I don't know if more offensive to one or the other, due to the risk that his son and three run. friends to be tried for rape. And this paradoxically after having suffered the wrong, it seems to understand, not to be arrested two years ago, when they were accused of rape by a student who delayed too much in the complaint: eight days, think not eight years, sufficient or credible results in other cases. .
But by courage I mean not the "shame" shouted at him at Grillo by his honorable political opponents, who were able to afford it for what little parliamentary immunity remained to protect them, but what the dictionary of the Italian language defines as "impudence, imprudence" for the bewilderment that too much courage can sometimes arouse for the circumstances in which it is shown.
The circumstances in Grillo's case are those of his figure: a man certainly, a father, a husband, a comedian who can also professionally escape the "jerk" given to his son and friends who were the protagonists of an unfortunate night, to say the least, but also – and by his choice, not mine or anyone else who might share my views – a political leader. Which, while leaving to others in his 5 Star MoVement – it is written – the formal office of boss, or similar, remains above him as "responsible", "elevated" and I do not remember what else he escaped to say to define himself. And he is a leader – unfortunately for him, given the outburst to which he has abandoned himself – who has always claimed the civic duty, whatever the cost, to have faith in the judiciary. And, in addition to mocking the defendants on duty, he has generally mistaken criticisms, attacks on magistrates for interference, intimidation and the like. Which is exactly what the former minister Maria Elena Boschi was not wrong to accuse Grillo of having done this time "using his media and political power" so badly as to "embarrass" even the casual five stars, as even The Daily Done .
I don't want to have any illusions, but I think that this political accident – "suicide", Il Giornale headlined – could prove fatal to Grillo and his movement, which was the most sensational bubble produced by anti-politics. Grillo has grown politically in Italy more and more rapidly than Antonio Di Pietro had done twenty years before. Whose political bubble suddenly deflated with the pin of a television broadcast in which Milena Gabanelli lined up facts and figures, already known, of the asset management of her party, called Italia dei Valori, not just stamped. He was so politically thrown to the ground that he became unappetizing even to the grillini, to whom the former prosecutor had given the impression, rightly or wrongly, of offering himself without getting anything more than smiles at some five-star demonstration. Yet Di Pietro could well boast of having been a precursor.
If I were in Giuseppe Conte's shoes, I would be careful not to pick up the kind of political relay that Grillo offered him. But I fear, for him, that he will not do it because it was the hated Matteo Renzi who gave him this advice, even before Grillo slipped into the story of his son, in an interview with Repubblica . Spite can sometimes be stronger than convenience.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/lo-sfogo-di-beppe-grillo-e-il-suicidio-del-movimento-5-stelle/ on Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:20:00 +0000.