Appointments, from Chioggi to Petrecca to Giorgino the Rai remote control passes to the right: here’s who leaves and who enters

The negotiations for the appointments expected on Thursday to be examined by the Rai board of directors are in the final rush. The agreement at the political level is reached, even if – a few hours after the transmission of the curricula to the directors, probably on Wednesday – the warning of the president of Rai, Marinella Soldi, arrives on gender equality. «The next steps are very delicate. Rai is a company with incredible potential and extraordinary professionalism. I hope that in the appointments that will be made, the gender equality policy will be applied both in the company and on the screen”. In fact, the coverage of the mastheads sees only men, with the exit of the only woman, Monica Maggioni, now at the helm of Tg1, who would go to the directorate for the information offer. The only hypothesis is that of Angela Mariella on Gr Radio, but the League appears firm on Francesco Pionati’s indication for that box. A picture that could push the president, who had already raised the issue of gender equality in the past in other rounds of appointments, not to endorse the changes, probably abstaining. In any case, three yeses are enough for CEO Roberto Sergio, his and that of the majority directors, for the green light to be given to the package. Among the publications, two are the names of Fratelli d’Italia: Gian Marco Chiocci on Tg1 and Paolo Petrecca confirmed on Rainews. The League, in addition to Pionati, would see the confirmation of Alessandro Casarin on the Tgr, who should leave the baton to co-director Roberto cchetti in a year. Forza Italia should be able to count on Antonio Preziosi on Tg2 and Jacopo Volpi on Raisport. The dem would see the confirmation of Mario Orfeo on Tg3, the 5 Star Movement the arrival of Giuseppe Carboni on Rai Parliament. The picture would be completed by the appointment of Marcello Ciannamea in Prime Time Entertainment, Angelo Mellone in Day Time, Paolo Corsini in Insight, Nicola Rao in the new Communications Department, which would report Institutional Relations which would go to Angela Mariella, the Press where Fabrizio Casinelli would remain, External Relations where Claudia Mazzola would go, who would leave the head of the Research Office to Francesco Giorgino. Meanwhile, Rai’s concern is growing over the intention announced by the Economy Minister, Giancarlo Giorgetti, to remove the license fee from the electricity bill. However, the idea would be to maintain the principle that whoever has the user must pay the tax, as was the case in the past with the bulletin. The reason would be linked to a request from Europe in this sense, but Usigrai, which is asking the government to change course, believes it is fake news. In reality, the majority does not agree on the project carried out by the League. The fear is that the revenue could be significantly reduced, with a return of tax evasion which has been eliminated with the current system. The other Rai workers’ unions revoked the strike of 26 May, after negotiations with the company which opened discussions on the issues under discussion. Sergio guaranteed that he will respect his commitments in a message sent to Fiorello during Viva Rai2! The conductor staged a gag, inviting the CEO to call him during the broadcast, on pain of a mass escape to Discovery in the wake of Fabio Fazio. Non-existent risk for Sergio: “You will stay in Rai with all of us”, he wrote at the end of the message.