IL requests access to the documentation of Nicolau Santos' renewal to RTP

A IL today asked the Independent General Council (CGI) of RTP to make available all the documentation that supported the decision to bring Nicolau Santos and Hugo Figueiredo back to a new mandate in the administration of public television.

In a request sent through the Assembly of the Republic, the IL Parliamentary Group argues that the scrutiny of this decision, “in a public company with this dependence on the funding of all taxpayers, is only possible with access to the documentation that supports it”.

“ It can be concluded at the end that the choice may have been the most appropriate in the face of the applications submitted. But to be able to say it, it is necessary to see the documents that sustain the choice taken ", add.

For this reason, the liberals ask the CGI, which oversees the administration of RTP, to send a copy of the contract, the proposal and specifications of the selection company, Boyden, as well as the procurement procedure and declarations of absence of conflicts of interest.

The Party also wants the reports, opinions, evaluation grids and recommendations prepared by Boyden, including the number of applications received, admitted and excluded, the list of finalists and the score by criterion.

The IL also asks for access to the final deliberation of the CGI and the documents in which it sat and the minutes of all meetings of this body in which the process was handled.

The liberal bench underlines that the choice of the CGI “points to a solution of continuity” and points out that the “RTP receives more than 80% of its operational revenues from the Contribution to Audiovisual”, arguing that “the size of this public funding reinforces the duty of transparency in the choice of who manages these resources”.

“ As far as is public, in addition to the invitation to the manifestation of interest and the CGI's communications, the documentation supporting the decision was not disclosed, nor the minutes of the meetings at which the subject was addressed ", reads the request.

The Party requests that, in documents relating to unchosen candidates, anonymised or coded versions be sent, without any personal data irrelevant to the process, and even if the duty of confidentiality is concerned, the documents be sent through a channel of restricted access to Members.

Last day 06, RTP's CGI announced the choice of Nicolau Santos and Hugo Figueiredo for a new mandate in the administration of RTP for the 2027-2029 term.

With this choice, the current chairman of the Board of Directors of RTP, Nicolau Santos, is renewed to a third term.

Nicolau Santos took over the presidency of RTP in 2021 and was renewed in 2024 for a new term, which ended this year.

Hugo Figueiredo is on his fourth term.

The CGI has received four candidates for the President and a non-financial vowel and seven candidates for the procedure of choosing the vowel responsible for the financial area of RTP.