Aftermath of controversy at Ariston after the singers' different positions on the war in the Middle East, the statement from Rai CEO Roberto Sergio and the alleged censorship in the post-Sanremo episode of Domenica In .

After the words of protest of the Israeli ambassador to Italy Alon Bar for the intervention of Ghali who had asked to stop "the genocide" , Sergio wrote a statement to reiterate his solidarity with Israel. Message read on Sunday during the Rai1 broadcast by Mara Venier, who concluded: «These are the words of our CEO which we obviously all share».

Also causing discussion is the moment in which Dargen D'Amico intervened to talk about immigration: "What immigrants put in to pay for our pensions - stated the artist - is more than what we spend on hospitality". Venier interrupted him, saying: «But here it's a party, we talk about music». Then the presenter, addressing the journalists in an open air, said: "You embarrass me, I won't let you talk anymore, because this is not the time."

All fuel on the fire of the PD's controversy against "Telemeloni", which had led to the sit-in organized by the dems in front of the gates of Viale Mazzini last week. «What happened in Rai is serious. First the showpiece and then the censorship in the same program ", says Sandro Ruotolo, the party's information manager. Thousands of tweets in support of the words of Ghali and Dargen D'Amico, against Rai and Mara Venier.

«The accusations of censorship are simply ridiculous - replies Maurizio Lupi from the majority -. If anything, we would have expected the opposition to recognize the extraordinary public success achieved by Rai". The president of the Supervisory Commission, Barbara Floridia, underlines that "each artist must always be and feel fully free to express their opinions" on the Sanremo stage, before criticizing Sergio's statement for not having also expressed solidarity with Palestinian civilians. "Whoever holds an institutional role - he claims - has a duty to maintain balance."

The president of the Senate, Ignazio La Russa, also speaks of the need for balance, but this time to stigmatize the behavior of the festival hosts. «You can't entrust the Israeli-Palestinian theme to a singer who pronounces a one-sided phrase - he states -. Singers can say whatever they want, but they have to be correct. Or at least there is the duty of the driver to balance."

(Unioneonline/D)

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