“Their whole campaign was always about ‘honesty, honesty’, and ‘We are different than the political caste’. This contradicts the essence of the campaign,” said Jacopo Iacoboni, a journalist and author of L’esperimento, a book about Five Star. I will find the bad apples and throw them out,” Mr Di Maio said on a campaign stop near Naples. Yet Five Star’s political opponents have been quick to seize on the unfolding furore. If Five Star is seen as too close to traditional parties from an ethical point of view, potential supporters could stay away.

Source: The Irish Times February 13, 2018 20:26 UTC