Overview
- The centre-right majority again boycotted the Commissione di Vigilanza Rai, denying quorum for a vote on Simona Agnes as Rai board president.
- Opposition group leaders from PD, M5S, Avs and Italia Viva said the panel’s work has been blocked for over a year to force through the majority’s preferred candidate.
- Floridia said she received the opposition’s letter and, citing the prolonged stalemate and the Rules Committee’s inaction, formally convened CEO Giampaolo Rossi.
- The hearing with Rossi is proposed for 18 or 19 February, or 3 or 5 March, subject to his availability.
- Floridia framed the move as necessary to let the commission carry out its statutory oversight during a wider public debate over the public broadcaster’s governance.