In a letter sent on Friday, Sylvain Attal, David Hivet and Pierre-Etienne Pommier ask the Arcom (ex-CSA) to make public the vote which led to the renewal of Marie-Christine Saragosse.
by Aude Dassonville
More than a month after the renewal of Marie-Christine Saragosse at the head of France Médias Monde, on January 11, three of the four candidates ousted for his benefit claim accounts from the authority for the regulation of audiovisual communication and digital (Arcom, ex-CSA).
In a letter sent on Friday, February 17, journalist Sylvain Attal, the digital contractor Pierre-Etienne Pommier and the former CFI (a media development agency, a subsidiary of France Médias Monde) ask the authority “to make public or to communicate the minutes of all the votes which occurred within the framework of this appointment”.
The three failed wishes to know the number of voting laps – if there have been several – as well as the distribution of votes between the various candidates. “Rumors” would have reached them, reporting on a vote in two towers, a “minority of Roch-Olivier Maistre [the president of the Arcom] by his college”, or even an intervention by Brigitte Macron in favor of the manager.
“We have each received divergent information on this subject, assures only Sylvain Attal. All of this is very disturbing. We want to be clear.” More transparency “would be a guarantee of confidence,” insists David Hivet. “Arcom confirms having received the mail in question and will respond to the interested parties,” said the authority, Friday afternoon. 2> doubts
The Three Reclies also ask to have “the agendas of professional meetings of Arcom members during the whole period from July 27, 2022 to January 11, 2023”, that is between the publication of the procedures and the appointment of their opponent. Indeed, they doubt that the authority could reconcile “the imperatives” linked to its regulatory mission while abstaining, for five and a half months, of any direct or indirect exchange with the president or her teams. A rule they have requested themselves to respect.
“This prohibition to meet the members of the Arcom does not seem fair to us when an outgoing arises,” protests David Hivet. In their viewfinder too, the arrival of Roch-Olivier Maistre on the set of France 24, October 6, 2022, or the concomitant presence of Marie-Christine Saragosse and members of the Arcom to cultural events this winter.
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