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by Tiziana Di Giovannandrea 21 December 2019 The founder of Casaleggio Associati, Davide Casaleggio, would be the consultant of the Conte government on the issues of technological and digital innovation: precisely the main operational activity of the company he created.

The news was released by an article by Linkiesta entitled " Toh, Casaleggio is a government consultant on the issues of Casaleggio Associati ", signed by Nicola Biondo.

The Italian online newspaper of news and insights based in Milan reports: "The Minister for Innovation Paola Pisano, Orthodox painter, thanks the owner of Casaleggio Associati in the strategic document for the country's technological and digital innovation". The event would have occurred on December 17 last when the plan was presented: "2025. Strategy for the country's technological and digital innovation".

Linkiesta speaks of a document consisting of twenty-eight pages which in the last sheet would reveal the probable existence of a conflict of interest. Among the acknowledgments "for the contribution to the elaboration of this plan", the minister quotes Casaleggio together with a short list of experts. Some are related to the Five stars and the head of the company that manages the Rousseau platform. Others, on the other hand, are big names in the new technologies, scientists, academics and established personalities in the business world. Minister Pisano had already shielded himself at the time of his appointment in the Conte 2 government by asserting: "I Casaleggio's arm to export Rousseau? Mamma mia, so powerful ...".

Immediate raising of shields by all the right and left political forces with harsh criticism of vitriol.

Filippo Sensi , deputy of the Democratic Party , writes on Twitter "No, I think it is not going well at all, and not just because of an opportunity - as they say - of opportunity. And that Minister Paola Pisano owes explanations. Not only to Linkiesta" to which was added the president of the senators Pd, Andrea Marcucci : "Casaleggio government consultant? I believe that Minister Pisano must explain some things to the majority".

The deputy of the League and secretary of Rai Supervision Massimiliano Capitanio is no exception : "It leaves me speechless to learn, in an article on Linkiesta, that the minister without portfolio for innovation Paola Pisano thanked Davide Casaleggio of Casaleggio Associati in black and white for his contribution to the drafting of the Innovation Plan. strong risk of conflict of interest is not new, but this gaffe is worrying: is the minister naive or accomplice? To clarify the relationship between the minister Pisano and what would seem to be an advice to Casaleggio, I will present a parliamentary question. Furthermore, it takes place with a third-world Bul plan, firm vouchers, frozen artificial intelligence fund, undersecretaries without proxies, 5G at Chinese risk. For the good of the country, let's vote! "

In return, Twitter chirps Giorgio Mulè , MP from Forza Italia and spokesman for the Italian groups of the House and Senate: "Well arrived Pd, I declared it days ago ... you just have to subscribe to the question of Forza Italia. #Casaleggio #confittodiinteressi '' echoed by Michele Anzaldi , member of Italia Viva and member of the Rai Supervisory Commission: "I subscribed to the question presented by my colleague Mulè on Davide Casaleggio's potential conflict of interest. The owner of a private company that writes government programs on the sector in which his company operates is an unprecedented case. We need clarity. "

Even Mariastella Gelmini , president of the Forza Italia deputies is no less: "It is not enough to scream loudly, in front of cameras and notebooks: honesty, honesty, honesty. In the face of this evident and very heavy conflict of interest, Casaleggio should simply reveal who it is for. Who they are and who their customers have been. From whom receives and has received money. To do what and how. Only in this way will it be possible to understand to what extent the first political force of Parliament is objectively free and independent of Casaleggio Associati, or if and how the M5S is only a large screen behind which it hides who has economic interests to protect ".

In turn, Matteo Renzi retweeted the message from the Italian deputy Viva Michele Anzaldi announcing the signing of the question by Forza Italia on Davide Casaleggio's potential conflict of interest.