Overview

• On June 22 M5S members voted 43,236 to 8,196 in favor of scrapping the two-term cap imposed by the party’s ethical code.
• Under the reform MPs and MEPs can now serve up to three nonconsecutive terms while mayoral and regional president bids are uncapped.
• A “stop and go” provision requires elected parliamentarians to pause for one term after two consecutive mandates before seeking another.
• Former leaders including Roberto Fico, Paola Taverna and Alfonso Bonafede become eligible to run again for elected office.
• Critics such as former minister Danilo Toninelli say the rule change shifts power toward party leadership and away from grassroots membership.