The Afsca media watchdog has decided to discard the petition presented by lawmaker Patricia Bullrich that aimed to stop President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s public broadcasts.
Martín Sabbatella, head of Afsca, explained today the institution dismissed Bullrich’s petition because it is up to the executive to decide on the frequency and content of publicly broadcasted presidential speeches.
Unión PRO lawmaker Patricia Bullrich had presented a petition to stop CFK’s public broadcasts arguing the President is misusing the system.
“The President is using the public broadcast system correctly,” Sabbatella said, adding article 75 of the Audiovisual Communications Services law states that the President can appear on public broadcast if the message transmitted is considered important by the executive.
Ms Kirchner has done 22 publicly broadcasted speeches so far in 2015. She considers them to be of importance to balance what she describes as a 24-hour opposition public broadcast, in reference to opposition media giant the Clarín Group.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald