The deputy chair of the
parliamentary anti-Mafia commission said Thursday it is
"peculiar" that the RAI public broadcaster oversight committee
has not yet scrutinized the controversial airing last night of
an interview with the son of jailed boss of bosses, Totò Riina.
The interview conducted by veteran TV presenter Bruno Vespa on
his Porta a Porta (Door to Door) talk show aired in spite of
protests from lawmakers, Mafia victims' relatives, and
activists. "It is at the very least peculiar that...the
anti-Mafia commission moved first and in the absence of the RAI
oversight committee," said Lower House MP Claudio Fava of the
Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) party, whose journalist father
Giuseppe was murdered by the Mafia in 1984. "It would behoove
(RAI oversight committee chair Roberto) Fico to issue fewer
statements and focus more on his institutional responsibility".
Fico is from the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S).
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