Radu Calin Cristea will become acting general manager of TVR, having been unanimously endorsed by the Parliament’s committees for culture. Cristea said he is not a member of any political party and he is strongly in favor of removing political influence from the public TV and radio networks.
Democrat liberal (PDL, opposition) MPs did not attend the vote.
Earlier, TVR’s report had been rejected by the committees for culture, in the absence of PDL lawmakers. In the meeting, MPs from the ruling Social-Liberal Union (USL) accused Lazescu of poor management.
The national TV network reported a loss of 160.8 million lei (EUR36 million) in 2011, with total revenues of about RON583 million.