Italian parliament seeks 'impartial' president for state broadcaster

By 2003-03-05T00:00:00

In an apparent effort to contain ongoing criticism over Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's sway on state broadcaster RAI, the speakers of the two houses of the Italian Parliament have decided that the network's next president should be appointed from the opposition party.

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