Rai, the government in the Senate delegation fee. Tuesday Watch … – The Republic

Rome – The government stumbles on the reform of RAI. The executive went under in the Senate to vote on article 4 of the bill reforming RAI. They were approved amendments minority Dem, FI, M5S, Sel and League suppressive article that gives authorization to the Government on the fee, with 121 votes in favor and 118 against. Vice President of the Senate Roberto Calderoli was at first suspended the session to assess the impact of the vote and then did resume consideration of amendments.

During the examination of Article 2 the new powers and the criteria for appointment of the governance of Viale Mazzini, so far set aside because much disputed, the atmosphere in the classroom has become more heated and the socialist senator Enrico Buemi has resigned as co reform. But then the government has given the availability, to the mouth of the Secretary Antonello Giacomelli, to review the source of the appointment of the managing director of Rai, contained in the article in question. Following this announcement in the classroom, the left dem has withdrawn all its amendments.

The president of the Democratic Party, Matthew Orfini , said that “what happened today in the Senate is incomprehensible. If the vote in dissent from the group becomes not an exception limited to extraordinary cases but a custom, means that you have chosen an improper ground for a political battle. So you are not working to strengthen a party but to dismantle it. “

Exult opposition, first Forza Italy: “Government defeated in the Senate on reform Rai. Verdiniani or not verdiniani majority is gone. Good morning Vietnam-Senate. Hello Renzi” tweeted the parent blue in the House Renato Brunetta . Rejoice even some members of the minority dem, strongly criticized by Senator Pd, Salvatore Tomaselli , who writes on Twitter that it is “shameful that there are senators of the Democratic Party who rejoice in the courtroom and in the media for having beaten his Government “. Deborah Serracchiani , governor of Friuli, instead chirps: “The minority thinks dem to its current, we think Italy”.

scrolling data on the voting, 19 (and not 18 as initially reported by parliamentary sources) of the minority Democratic Party senators who voted in favor of Fornaro, accompanied by two senators Ala, the new group Verdini. Significant absences of verdiniani: in a group of 10 votes in the desert 7. The senators of the Democratic Party who have not participated in the vote were 11 (excluding the the President Grasso).

Go ahead instead in Article 5 with 146 yes, 92 no and 6 abstentions. The article contains the delegation to the government for the regulatory reorganization and was modified after the demands of the opposition and the minority Democratic Party to restrict the delegation, following the approval of an amendment tabled by the Northern League, restated on a proposal by the rapporteur, according which the government has delegated a reorganization and simplification of existing legislation “also for the purposes of the tasks of the public service, taking into account technological and market, no new or increased burdens on public finances”.

In the morning it was approved in the Senate Article 1 of the reform of public television, which provides, among other things, the inability to appoint as member of the board of members of the government in power or who have held this office in 12 previous months. A standard that meets the demands, first of all, the Movement 5 Stars. Also approved Article 3 relating to operations of the public company. Among the changes, it introduces the responsibility of members of the boards of subsidiaries: Article provides that “the CEO and the members of the administrative and control Rai are subject to civil liability.”

Supervisory Board convened for Tuesday, August 4 . Meanwhile, the Bureau of the Supervisory Committee Rai decided to convene next Tuesday for a meeting of the bicameral for the election of seven members of the board Rai within its competence. In favor of the majority and Forza Italy. Have spoken out against M5s, League, Sel, the Socialist Party abstained. Pending reform of the governance of Viale Mazzini, to the Senate, the new leadership will be approved in accordance with the provisions of the Gasparri law. Perhaps next Thursday to elect a new president.

The Board of Directors of Rai expired on 25 May. In recent days he had been the Minister of Economy Pier Carlo Padoan to specifically ask the chairman of the Supervisory Rai Robert Fico (M5S) to proceed with the renewal of the directors with the current law. Contrary to the choice of voting on August 4 the Five Star Movement: “Today’s decision is a block for all procedures of transparency, sharing and evaluation of candidates. It would gather Monday in four four eight nominations, see the availability. We assume that we will give a name anyway, seeing as we have 5 votes in supervision, “said Senator pentastellato Alberto Airola .

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“The fate of Rai in the hands of Gasparri” writes Beppe Grillo on Twitter referring to a blog post written by MPs Five Stars : that the Democratic Party is a “law, if possible, even worse than the Gasparri. A law in which all power was in the hands of a super manager chosen by the government as CEO,” write the parliamentary M5S Blog Beppe Grillo.

“The President of the Council – add parliamentarians – has decided that within a few days we should vote on new board Administration of Rai. E ‘in this way they want to identify the people who will lead the public service over the next three years: no transparency, no expertise, nothing about. Only flags to place, so the premier mimics Gasparri. “

The protest of the popular area: rebalance Watch . It bursts immediately grain popular area : the group leaders in the House and Senate party Alfano asked to block the appointment of seven councilors elected by the Supervisory Board Rai until you address the issue of the composition of the two chambers. The letter is addressed to the presidents of Ap Grease and Boldrini.

The leader in the House of Ap, Maurizio Lupi, objected to Force Italy to be over-represented in the Supervisory Rai (where the Azzurri have seven members) at the expense of Ap (of which there are only two). The question is was paid to the conference of leaders a joint Senate-House.

From Forza Italy, however, there are: the blues complain of being sottorapprentati to Copasir and Maurizio Gasparri spoke of “provocation” by Ap stressing that ” or change all the compositions of the bicameral or nothing. ” At the moment there are several problems to solve in dance: in RAI Vigilance missing group Cri Gal Senate and the Senate, in the Children’s missing for Italy and Cri Senate, all’Antimafia missing Sel and Gal, the Waste lack the For mixed and Italy, the Aldo Moro lack Civic Choice and Ala (the new group Verdini), to Copasir Forza Italy does not have a representative.