Appointments, still tug of war on Rai. For Inps and Inail favorites Nori and Capone-Corriere.it

The issues to be resolved in the decree on foundations. And the “teams” to be found at the top of the Fiamme Gialle and the Police. The starting point is known: on Thursday the Council of Ministers approved a decree which sets the maximum age for the directors of opera-symphonic foundations at 70. Which would be about
the sole superintendent of the San Carlo in Naples, Stéphane Lissner.
His place, in the intentions of the government, should go to the current CEO of Rai, Carlo Fuortes.

It is not said that this will happen. Lissner could start a procedure pursuant to art.700 before the labor judge, a procedure capable of slowing down – and by a lot – his exit. While Fuortes, as warmly suggested by the Democratic Party, could put on a helmet and not leave the top of Rai until the final resolution of the match. The problem, moreover, could concern not only the top management, but all the members of the foundations (moreover under private law), many of whom are over 70 years of age. At La Scala, for example, Giovanni Bazoli and Francesco Micheli. And so, not everything seems so simple. In any case, one thing seems certain: on 18 May the Rai board of directors will speak about Fabio Fazio. The conductor of What’s the weather like, in spite of the results, it has long made a good part of the more visceral center-right feel bitter. And certainly, Rai will be one of Elly Schlein’s first battlefields at the helm of the Democratic Party.

But the oppositions also promise barricades on the commissionership decided the other night: that of INPS and Inail,
today led by Pasquale Tridico and Franco Bettoni. The future commissioners, according to forecasts, could be Mauro Nori (head of cabinet of minister Marina Calderone) at INPS and the secretary of UGL Francesco Paolo Capone at Inail. With the mandate to restore the entire governance of the two institutes. For the head of the M5S Giuseppe Conte “a very serious government initiative: crucial bodies are commissioned without a shred of motivation”.

Beppe Grillo thanks Tridico «for having implemented the Citizenship Income. But this government believes you should be wiped out.” The Pd group leader Francesco Boccia speaks of “a government that divides power by decree, trampling on rules and common sense”. But the interventions are a flurry. Who does not agree is Davide Faraone (Azione-Iv): the arguments leave him «baffled, they ooze hypocrisy and double standards. Appointments are legitimate, always.” All while important successions remain open, such as those of the commanders of the Guardia di Finanza and the Police. General Andrea De Gennaro remains in pole position for the yellow flames. But the dispute within the majority and between the Brothers of Italy themselves remains open.

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