Authors:
José Alberto López Rafaschieri and Luis Alberto López Rafaschieri
www.morochos.net
Click here to download -in Spanish- the draft organic law of communication that Ecuador's government wants to approve to censor the independent press in that country.
It seems important to mention Article 48 of this project, which defines the Superintendency of Telecommunications and Media as a body that monitors, audits, intervenes and controls the media -four verbs related to repression-
Besides, Article 49 states that the superintendent of media "shall be appointed by the Council of Civic Participation and Social Control from among a list proposed by the President of the Republic." That is, those proposed by the president are the only eligible for the superintendent, which annihilates any possibility of autonomy.
Thus, the two points before explained leads to two important conclusions about the superintendent of media that this project suggests: 1) It will be an office of control over freedom of expression, and 2) It will serve the purpose of the Executive branch in Ecuador.
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