The PP proposed this Thursday to Eladio Jareño, Ruben Moreno, Marina Vila And Ignacio Ruiz Jarabo as new directors of RTVE. THE popular They did this through their group in the Senate. This is the quota which corresponds to the election of the Upper House for the new Board of Directors of public television. These appointments come after the government decree aimed at ensuring control of RTVE.
PP sources confirm this decision while accusing the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezof wanting to “control the media because they are cornered by corruption and paralyzed in their management by their transfers to their partners”.
“This is why he launched his censorship plan against private media with one hand and with the other he promoted a decree to protect his control over RTVE,” say members of the street-based group. Génova de Madrid, on the self-proclaimed Action Plan for Democracy, a set of rules to bring critical media into compliance, as well as the new decree by which the government ensured control of public television.
THE popular They point out that the Sánchez government “imposed a decree to modify the number of members of the Board of Directors and circumvent the need for broad agreement between the groups, making it impossible for the PP to appoint an advisor proposed to Congress.”
PP sources emphasize that “RTVE cannot remain in the hands of Sánchez.” “It must be a Company serving the general interest and not serving the President of the Government. This is what the Spaniards deserve,” they conclude from the training led by the former president of the Xunta de Galicia. Alberto Nuñez Feijóo.
RTVE control in full DANA
Legal reforms aimed at ensuring control of RTVE were approved in Congress in the aftermath of the worst DANA of the century which devastated several regions of Spain. The president of the Lower House, the socialist Francine Armengoldecided on October 30 to maintain the plenary session despite the tragedy caused by the cold weather which left more than 200 dead.
The Government control session which was taking place at that time was only paralyzed when the spokesperson for the PP, Miguel Telladorequested the suspension of the plenary session in solidarity with the deceased and injured. His socialist counterpart, Patxi Lopezsupported the proposal. Despite this, they finally continued the extraordinary plenary session to validate the decree which imposes a new electoral system on RTVE, by lowering the necessary majorities. The Executive intended to validate this decree as quickly as possible. PP and Vox were absent and did not vote.
A few days later, while France was debating whether to send aid to Spain due to the emergency caused by DANA, Armengol gave the green light for the holding of the commission with which the government concluded its assault on RTVE. Unlike other committees scheduled for that week that were canceled, the Advisory Nominations Committee heard appearances for the election of RTVE board members and president.
