MP ends House chained-to-bench hunger strike on Rai panel after Meloni move

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 15 - Roberto Giachetti, an MP for the opposition, centrist Italia Viva (IV) party, on Friday ended a protest over the 20-month gridlock in the parliamentary commission that oversees State broadcaster Rai after chaining himself to his bench in the Lower House amid a hunger-and-thirst strike. Giachetti thanked Premier Giorgia Meloni for encouraging four centre-right Rai oversight board members to vow to ensure a quorum at the next meeting of the body. "I also thank the Prime ...

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