“I will say it with a joke which however hides a very serious question: in Lucio Presta’s interview with ‘Il Giornale’ there is a shoe that stinks and about which I will not stop asking for answers”. Maurizio Gasparri, group leader of Forza Italia in the Senate and member of the Supervisory Commission, announces to Adnkronos that in the hearing of the Rai top management scheduled for 8 May next he will raise “a series of disturbing aspects that emerge from Presta’s declarations and which they absolutely need to be looked into further.”
“The interview I read, on the one hand strengthens me in my belief in keeping the public service safe from the excessive power of these managers who feel they are masters of the television system and these superconductors, on the other it raises, in a mix of messages , allusions and warnings, two issues that cannot be ignored”, underlines Gasparri. “First, if there was something that went against the rules and shouldn’t have been done, why was it done? If the 90,000 euros shouldn’t have been given to Amadeus, why were they given to him? And did Rai know it or not know it? questions that I will ask in monitoring this aspect – he anticipates – will be these”.
“Then there is the second issue, that of feet in both shoes. Because it is clear that someone has tripped over John Travolta’s shoes. I asked a question to Rai in Supervision on the issue of John Travolta’s shoes in Sanremo several weeks ago, on which I am still awaiting a response, and I will raise the topic again on May 8. Ridiculous and painful statements were also made by some Rai executives on that matter and Amadeus himself downplayed something that was evident: those shots of the shoes were. a full-fledged advertisement which, if included in Rai’s most valuable programme, would have had very high costs. Couldn’t Rai have collected this money? also text to the competent authorities. Because I am not involved in the feuds between the host and the former manager and I don’t like threatening tones especially when they are posthumous but some issues that emerge from Presta’s words are objectively important and disturbing. Someone has put their feet in two shoes and I would like to understand who, out of respect for the citizens who pay the fee”, concludes Gasparri.
