Rai should clarify the Report case
: this is the request contained in a letter that the chairman of the Supervisory Commission, Alberto Barachini, sent today to the chairman and CEO of Rai.
In the letter, Barachini talks about events that "deserve to be carefully investigated, first of all to protect the company and the Report itself": for this reason the commission asked to be updated on the audit initiated by Viale Mazzini, specifying "the 'specific object "and shared the need for a hearing of the RAI top management" in a timely manner ".
ed) have highlighted alleged ways in which the same Report transmission and its conductor would acquire the material to be used in the realization of the investigation services.
Among other things, reference is made to the sending of anonymous material and to forms of billing that are at least questionable which, if they really occurred, could constitute a tax damage as well as a damage to the image and credibility of the company itself ".
"It will not escape your sensitivity - underlines the President of the Supervision - that the events mentioned deserve to be carefully investigated, first of all to protect the company and the Report itself. In this perspective, therefore, the commission, which I have the honor to chair, agreed on the need for it to be constantly and promptly updated on the opening, the developments and the punctual results deriving from the audit, with the further request to specify the specific object on which the internal verification procedures are are concentrated. In consideration of the sensitivity of the episodes and the circumstances indicated,the commission agreed on the need to carry out your hearing in a timely manner to acquire information and clarifications useful to shed full light in particular on the methods and procedures for purchasing the videos that the Report transmission uses in the preparation of its investigation services and in general on the activities carried out for the purpose of coordinating and controlling company purchases, with a view to an effective and efficient rationalization of costs and a correct use of public resources ".optics of an effective and efficient rationalization of costs and a correct use of public resources ".optics of an effective and efficient rationalization of costs and a correct use of public resources ".
Full cooperation from Rai on the request for updates received by the Supervisory Committee on the Report case
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"Following the request for updates received by Rai from the president of the Parliamentary Commission for the General Address and Supervision of Radio and Television Services - reads a note from Viale Mazzini - it is confirmed that it is in the full interest of the company to provide all information on the developments of the investigations in progress to protect the company itself, the transmission in question, the users and all the subjects involved in various capacities ".