Saviano, storm over the presence in Rai after the tweet against Salvini. And the minister sues him – Corriere.it

Another storm broke out in Rai, again in the wake of the “Facci case”,
to which the heads of public TV canceled the program after the insensitive comments that the journalist had addressed to the girl
who denounced Leonardo La Russa, son of the president of the Senate Ignazio, for sexual violence. This time, Roberto Saviano ends up in the eye of the storm, against whom the wrath of Matteo Salvini is unleashed. Writer,
replying to the harsh comments of the deputy prime minister regarding Carola Rackete’s candidacy for the European elections
as he had already done in the past, defined Salvini himself
as «minister of the underworld», in a tweet.

It is the spark that triggered yet another clash between the two: «For Mr. Saviano I would be the “Minister of the underworld”… More insult and more hatred? Another lawsuit.” The center-right majority immediately squared off: Lega, Forza Italia and FdI immediately condemned the journalist’s words, criticizing them in the Rai Supervisory Commission.

The Northern League attack in chorus: “No to double standards”. The Melonians forcefully ask Saviano to stop. The force supporters Maurizio Gasparri, Roberto Rosso, Rita Dalla Chiesa and Andrea Orsini, presented a question asking “how the top management of Rai evaluate Saviano’s offenses against political exponents and whether Saviano enjoys a kind of impunity, unlike other people, which allows him to offend people and to be able to perform an important function of conducting public service programmes”.

In short, the majority asks, after the «Facci case» to also proceed against Saviano, expected in November in prime time on Rai3 with a new edition of the transmission «Insider, face to face with the crime».

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