The chairman of a parliamentary
watchdog committee for state broadcaster RAI, Roberto Fico, said
Monday that the publishing of RAI salaries online was the merit
of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), which he is an
MP for.
The statement was posted on Fico's Facebook page after
committee secretary and Democratic Party (PD) MP Michele Anzaldi
said earlier in the day that the M5S had hindered the
initiative.
Anzaldi wrote on his Facebook page that the M5S "would like
to take the credit for the publication of RAI salaries" as per
the government's RAI reform law, but "when the bill was before
parliament they (M5S) voted against it with the usual litany of
insults, obstructionism and baseless accusations. What in the
world are they talking about?"
Committee chairman Fico countered that the provisions for
transparency - including the online publication of staff and
executive salaries - was thanks to a version of the bill
submitted by the M5S.
He added that the RAI reform law "is a horrible reform"
because since it keeps the broadcaster closely tied to the
government instead of taking political affiliations out of the
mix, and this is why the M5S voted against it.
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