Now senators will have a State Council

“It’s an ambitious idea to bring together a group of individuals with different life experiences, with different political positions, who will look from the outside in, to the channel and help guide,” he says CM António Costa, former prime minister and one of Now’s senators. For Santana Lopez, another personality, it’s an “unusual and exciting” project that generates “a lot of curiosity.”

But the State Council consists of not only politicians. He has prominent voices from health to justice, including religion. Graça Freitas, former director-general of the Ministry of Health, believes the decision allows for “trust in the viewer” and promises to do everything possible to cover topics that have “value for people.”

The President of the Bar Association, Fernanda de Almeida Pinheiro, also emphasizes the importance of “explaining things as they are and demystifying some misconceptions.”

The same is defended by Fernando Medina, another expert who will be featured in Now. “There is a certain opacity and difficulty in understanding issues that the participants themselves convey in a very technical and closed way,” says the former finance minister.

The senator intends to present these topics “in a language understandable” to viewers. Carlos Rodríguez, editorial director general of Medialivre, believes that it is important to have “communication between professions” and that this advisory body, a self-regulatory initiative, brings “innovation and fresh ideas.” “Our heroes, who will be hosting prime-time programs, have accepted the challenge of creating a board of senators to help the director think about the channel and respond to current events,” he explained.

The final tests are now being carried out and Antonio Costa reports that he has seen part of his program. “This is a new life. I have already seen an example of the excellent quality of the Now professionals and I hope that my participation will not be bad either,” he jokes.