The Senate chamber elected the two members of the Rai Board of Directors under its jurisdiction. These are Igor De Biasio, proposed by Lega, who received 102 votes, and Alessandro Di Majo, in the M5S share, who collected 78 votes. Giampaolo Rossi, Fdi candidate obtained 20 preferences. There were 13 blank ballots.
Rai, election of Board members to the Chamber at the start: Bria and Agnes in pole position
The election of the two members of the Rai Boards of parliamentary competence has begun in the Chamber. The names in pole are Francesca Bria, in Pd share, and Simona Agnes for Fi. Giampaolo Rossi, indicated by Fdi as an opposition party, would remain out.
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The match at Montecitorio
The dems confirmed the indication of Francesca Bria, president of the National Innovation Fund and expert in new technologies, for tonight’s vote in the Chamber together with M5S and Leu. A name defined for some time that does not please everyone, however, given the preferences for the journalist Stefano Menichini of a part of the Democratic Party, as well as of Italia Viva, which has left freedom to vote in protest against the chosen method. M5S has instead opted for Alessandro Di Majo, who was elected to the Senate with 78 votes, but it is a choice that several members of the Movement judge as “descended from above”. The indication of the members of the Supervisory Commission, in fact, had not been that of the Roman lawyer, who according to various sources of the Movement would be particularly appreciated by Giuseppe Conte. During the hearings in the Vigilanza Di Majo had not convinced the deputies and senators of the Movement, who had invited the leaders to indicate Antonio Palma, current president of the Polygraphic Institute and State Mint.
Arm wrestling in the center right
Tension also in the center-right, where the candidate of the Brothers of Italy risks being excluded. Lega and Forza Italia intend to support their candidates in the two houses of Parliament, thus ending up excluding the only representative of the opposition on the board, the Fdi candidate, the outgoing Giampaolo Rossi. There was no shortage of votes for the other outgoing, Igor De Biasio, indicated by the League for the Senate, who obtained 102 preferences. It is in the Chamber that surprises are not ruled out. In fact, the agreement provides that the candidate of Forza Italia, Simona Agnes, daughter of Biagio, historical CEO of Rai, should pass, but it is not certain that in the end Rossi does not get the idea.
The vote of the Supervisory Committee on the chairman
On the horizon is the Supervisory Committee’s vote on the next president, who should be Marinella Soldi. 27 votes out of 40 are needed for the green light and if the tensions are not resolved, the risk of a stalemate would be just around the corner. The Rai shareholders’ meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, postponed to the beginning of the week, with on the agenda the approval of the financial statements and the proposal for the appointment of Fuortes who, presumably tomorrow afternoon, should also receive, together with Soldi, the green light from the council of ministers. “It is not the case that I respond to the controversy on Rai – said Fuortes to the General States of Culture of the Sole 24Ore -. I have had a designation, it is too early to answer questions about my future position. It is obvious that all my background can be very useful to Rai which, beyond the political controversies, is the largest Italian cultural company and this must remain. It is important to think about the product, about what it does, everything else is a problem that I am not asking myself ».