Teresa Nielsen from Gigi
In Italy is forseen in our Constitution ( Art.51 )that anyone can sumit a Proposal Law to the Parliament if it is signed by 50.000 people.
Grillo was able to collect 300.000 signatures in one day and this was most probably considered as a threat, not only for his succes but also because this Article was never used by others in the past or it was used only few times.

Our italian politicians are under fibrillation.
A book ( La Casta) was recently published and in such a buck are clearly shown all privileges that many of our politicians and ex politicians are enjoying.
Cars with driver(s), planes, body-gards, high salaries, special pension, apartaments at a special price and many other benefits. Just un exemple: the cost of our Republic President apparatus is 4 times the cost of the british crown.
Mr. Grillo has recently obtained, in one day only, about 300.000 signatures, all around Italy, for a proposed law to exclude from the Parliament all politicians with a previous conviction and to limit at two elections the possibility to stay in the Parliament. For such a succes he was entitled with any possible epithet to minimize his community action.
Instead of to reduce the expences, starting from their privileges, thay are trying to stop a communication system which is out of their control. Italy is not far from Orwell forecast.