2023-12-15 23:52:00
He PRO block In the Chamber of Deputies he presented a project to dissolve the Public Defender’s Office of Audiovisual Communication Services, considering that it carries out the same function as ENACOM and that they also created a media observatory that “exceeded its functions” and engaged in acts of journalistic control that could lead to “censorship”.
The project headed by the deputy Silvana Giudici It also bears the signature of the deputies Fernando Iglesias, Luciano Laspina, Jose Luis Espert, Damian Arabia, Diego Santilli, Hernan Lombardi, Martin Yeza, Alexander Finocchiaroamong other PRO legislators.
In this initiative, they demand that the Public Defender’s Office for Audiovisual Communication Services created by Law 26,522 on Audiovisual Communication Services be dissolved, and that the personnel who work there, in addition to its budget and all its assets, be transferred to the Public Defender’s Office. People of the Nation.
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In a statement released by Giudici herself, they pointed out that the organization that was in charge of Myriam Lewin was dedicated to “chase opponents” and “monitor social networks” from the NODIO observatory.
“During the four Kirchnerist mandates, the Public Defender’s Office was used to hiring militant advisors, with exorbitant budget allocations, in addition to persecuting journalists“said the former president of ENACOM.
“At that time, there were several organizations that bring together journalism, that act in defense of freedom of expression and different sectors of the academic field, which rejected the measure because the “NODIO” implied indirect editorial control that could be used as a censorship tool, when trying to establish a “truth” or an adjustment to the correctness of the news at the discretion of the officials on duty. It is clear that these types of tools can quickly be transformed into censorship mechanisms or, which is even more serious, inducing self-censorship of the media and communicators,” they stated in an official statement.
Along these lines, they also maintained that “the “NODIO” observatory is still in operation”, and that, added to this and in relation to the financing of the Public Defender’s Office, it has been allocated “1,506 million pesos, according to the budget current national law”. “According to the 2024 budget, the Public Defender’s Office has planned and available to execute 2575 million pesos“.
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“In addition, the Ombudsman’s Office currently has one hundred and forty (140) employees, which implies that the cost per employee amounts to approximately 18.4 million pesos per year“they added.
Finally, they pointed out that the creation of the Ombudsman’s Office implied from its origin “a duplication of functions and resources since the powers assigned by article 19 of law 26,522 are subsumed both in the monitoring, inspection and control functions attributed to the National Communications Entity (ENACOM), authority for applying the standard, as well as in the functions of the Ombudsman of the Nation in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Law 24,284 that regulates it.”
“Consequently, the protection of hearings is widely guaranteed by the function of the Law Enforcement Authority 26,522, which also additionally has a specific area of attention to users where they can present their claims that are later certified. (User Service Center – CAU-) and a Commission of Consumers and Users participates in the organization in accordance with the provisions of Article 42 of the National Constitution and Law 24,240 on the Defense of Consumers,” they concluded.
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