In an online ballot, 59.3 per cent of the 74.537 voters heeded a call from party leaders to support the new administration despite the fact it includes some of their rivals and will be headed by the sort of technocrat the party had previously opposed.
Following the collapse of the previous government led by Giuseppe Conte, Italian President Sergio Mattarella called on Draghi, one of the most respected figures in Italy, to form a new cabinet to save the country and its economy from the coronavirus pandemic.
He is expected to present his list of ministers to Mattarella on Friday and unveil his policy program next week in parliament, which will then hold confidence votes in both houses before he can formally take office.
Victory is guaranteed but a number of M5S MPs have suggested that they may vote “no” or abstain regardless of the results of the online ballot, opening the way for a possible schism.
The M5S was founded by Italian comedian-turned-politician, Beppe Grillo, in 2009 as an anti-establishment, anti-euro populist protest party.
