Justice and Human Rights minister Julio Alak spoke today during a press conference where he reiterated the application of the Media Law on Friday, going into affect on December 7th.
Alak said that if a court “pretended to extend the injunction” in favour of the Clarín Group after that date, “an uprising against national law” would be produced, causing “a power conflict.”
“If they pretend to extend the injunction after the 7th it’d be a massive uprising against a national law, generating a power conflict and it being a insurrection against the court ruling,” Alak said.
The Media Law implies significant divestment for audiovisual media groups, in particular the Clarín Group.
The government yesterday passed the trade transfer regulations that AFSCA will use “for those licence-holders that do not meet the requirements” set by the Media Law from December 7.
On Monday, The Federal Civil and Commercial Court and members of other courts jointly rejected the revocation of two judges appointed to rule on Clarín Group’s request for an injunction for the implementation of Article 161 of the Media Law.
The Federal Civil and Commercial Court’s announcement implies that only judges from that court will pronounce a verdict on the Clarín Group case, but as the notorious “7-D” (December 7) date draws nearer, an air of uncertainty hangs over the prospect of what will actually occur with the Clarín Group, considering its lawsuit against Article 161 and 45 and the media conglomerate’s request for an extension to the injunction against the above articles both remain unresolved.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald