Hectic hours in Viale Mazzini and surroundings. Although the crisis opened at the end of the last Board of Directors had been in the air for some time, few, reasonably, were able to imagine such a hasty showdown. The former general manager Antonio Campo Dall'Orto, in fact, had not given signs of surrender as instead happened when he requested an urgent meeting with the majority shareholder, Economy Minister Padoan.
At this point, everything comes back into play and, as usual, the ballet of real or maneuvering candidacies begins. First of all, however, there are the procedural stakes with binding passages where, in the first place, the convening of a new Board of Directors is expected after the General Manager has presented the formal letter of resignation from the Company. Immediately afterwards the President will have to convene a Board of Directors where the deed is ratified, the intention to identify a successor is proceeded. These procedures, and others envisaged by the law, all agree that they must be activated quickly because Rai cannot be left in disarray in a critical moment both for its internal commitments (scheduling, artistic fees, renewal of the service contract, etc. ) and for the imminent political season with possible elections soon.
Now, the delicate passage concerns the nature of the current Board of Directors, appointed with the criteria of the previous law. The new one, however, will necessarily have to be appointed with the new law that came into force in January 2016. Here, at this point, many reason, we don't see much convenience, or rather an opportunity - suggests one of our sources - to change the cards on the table while the game is in progress. So the candidacies, real or probable, will all be subjected to the verification grid on the ability to know how to ferry Rai as painlessly as possible towards the new Board that will take office in 2018. In this context, the theory of the internal application which could be well spent in the public eye. Among the most imaginative hypotheses circulating in these hours, one is gaining ground and seems convincing: the president Maggioni could take over Campo Dall'Orto and his place would be occupied by Carlo Freccero, thus realizing a functional balance that is advantageous for many interested parties.
The next deadline, the presentation of schedules to advertisers, does not allow for exceptions: either there are contracts or the productions don't start and if the programs are put at risk the damage for Rai could no longer be just tax.
