Lucia Annunziata resigns from Rai. The journalist towards the candidacy with the Pd in ​​the European elections

Goodbye Rai. “I am writing to communicate my resignation. Irrevocable resignation”. Lucia Announced leaves public television: it was the journalist herself who communicated the decision with a letter to the new heads of state television.

And it is a choice that comes just a few hours from the board of directors which in the morning approved the nomination package and the new directions of the public television channels, approving the indications of the new CEO Roberto Sergio, despite the vote against by the president Marinella Soldi. While for days there have been rumors about his candidacy with the Democratic Party.

“I come to this choice without any personal complaints: you will judge, now that you are responsible for it, the work I have done over the years”, wrote the presenter of Half an hour more, the program broadcast on Rai Tre on Sundays afternoon. “I don’t agree with anything about the current government’s work, either on the contents or on the methods. In particular, I don’t agree with the methods of intervention”, adds Annunziata: “Recognizing this distance is an act of seriousness on my part“, reads another passage. And again:” There are no conditions for a collaboration “. The journalist does not explicitly mention any story, but it is not difficult to imagine that even the management of the Fazio case may have had a weight.

But perhaps not the only one, considering that the paths of politics could now open up for Annunziata: destination Brussels. In fact, the Democratic Party is thinking of nominating the historic (now ex) presenter Rai for a seat in the European Parliament in view of the 2024 elections. Rumors that today, after her resignation, are becoming more substantial.