The AFSCA appeal the court ruling that awarded the Clarin Group a longer period of disinvestment
Members of the Federal Authority for Audiovisual Communication Services (AFSCA) confirmed today that it will appeal the ruling of the Chamber 1 of the Federal Civil and Commercial Chamber, which gives a longer period of disinvestment to Grupo Clarin, while celebrated the reinstatement of the three state directors on the board of newsprint.
was at the launch of "Audiovisual Communication Services, legal system, comparative law, where the General Coordinator of AFSCA, Luis Lázzaro Telam said in a statement that the bug fixed in 36 months the term of the injunction suspending the application of Article 161 of the Law on Audiovisual Communication Services "validates hegemony and monopolistic positions."
"The situation is particularly regrettable that harms to users and affect the right to information and freedom of expression of citizens," said Lazzaro, adding that "runs counter to the letter and spirit an absolutely democratic law that the Supreme Court and noted for its legitimacy and constitutional validity. "
Lazzaro said that "failures and generate a scenario of complicity this continuity of positions that are more a political purpose, in trying to maintain a position of hostility toward democratic governance and popular sovereignty to comply with law. "
He added that, two years after sanctioned by law, "this seems to keep adding time only serves the particular interests of a sector and not the general interest".
For his part, Secretary General of the Presidency, Gustavo Lopez, said that from This latest ruling "a deadline, and now we can return to the Supreme Court to see if this time ratifies or shrinks.
"For the first time in Argentina there is a camera case that says 'the time is this and can not be any'" said the benchmark Forge Coalition, said while "the law is not intended to harm a group, but consgrarar the right to communicate. "
Lopez said that while they wait for this definition, "can also attack the monopoly from other sides" and said that between these points are called upon to license radio and television, and confirmed that "I am waiting for that AFSCA shortly, which already is developing the specifications-call contest. "
"If then they have to sell, sell, but you can start immediately with the monopolization" concluded one of the authors of the book that appeared in the Blue Room of the Faculty of Law, National University of Buenos Aires .
Meanwhile, another author of the work and board member of AFSCA, Claudio Schifer, said the authority will power through the Legal Department as "in all the processes that we had and where happily Most have given us reason. "
"When one extends over time and is ignoring a court the mandate of the Court is because both situations are against law, against the law. An injunction can not last the length sought by the House and the plaintiff (plaintiff), "said the lawyer.
also added that from now on" debate deepens to recognize that section 161 applies, and that the law is applied in its entirety, and is a measure which, as I understand, the Supreme Court will review and will act repealing the interim during that time, because the Court in the failure then what is stated time must be bounded.
regard to the court order requiring restitution to the three state directors representing the State Paper Press, Lopez said that this decision "means that we were right, after giving" first political battle, then the legislative and judicial now to improve the quality of our democracy. "
"The same paradox of the merger. If two have private provision role of its own competitors, this is unfair competition and monopoly then. Does not stand there analysis or elsewhere in the world", defined Lopez to explain the "presence of these directors" while acting Justice.
Similarly, Lazzaro said the state presence in the company try to "give implement something that the President also raised from the concept that the paper should be a good public interest and should be a tool for freedom of trade and freedom of expression. "
" This is the purpose for which the State must ensure in this case because the first Newsprint longer a monopolistic company and then an instrument, in the companies that have competencies to prevent and pluralism on freedom of expression, "the journalist.
Meanwhile, the book presented this evening is not listed as authors and Schifer López, and Raul Echeverry, Damián Loreti, Heber Martinez, Juan Memelsdorff, José Menéndez García, Susana Pachecoy and Ricardo Porto, while project management was provided by Etcheverry and Pachecoy.
On the same, Lopez explained that this is the "first comprehensive book written about the law and all its implications," while explaining that their participation in the work was from the perspective of "cultural industries" in relation to the production of radio, television and film.
"Protecting these industries allows Argentine cinema, television, Argentina, Argentine content. In my chapter I talk about this and how The new law sets quotas for national and local production, incidentally, enhance the national and local in a context where the symbolic and cultural diversity must be preserved, "he said.
For its part, the remaining the authors demonstrate in the work-López explained that the Law on Audiovisual Communication Services "was an advanced legislation, which is on par with the best laws in the world" and that "settled principles of democracy and media right of communication media. "
