2023-11-15 20:48:44
Days to go runoffthe elected representative of La Libertad Avanza, Lilia Lemoinestarred in a tough crossing with a public TV journalistto whom he threatened and told her that the state channel is going to be “privatised” if Javier Miley become president.
While making a campaign tour at the Constitución station, in the city of Buenos Aires, the libertarian leader was intercepted by the mobile companywho asked him if he uses public transportation.
Annoyed, Lemoine quickly crossed her and assured: «You have bad intentions, I don’t want to talk to you«.
It was at that moment that the elected legislator, who had already been involved in several controversies throughout the campaign, assured that if the La Libertad Avanza candidate won, “We are going to close public television, we are going to privatize it«.
[AHORA] “We are going to close Public Television, we are going to privatize it”: strong intersection of the elected representative Lilia Lemoine with a mobile phone company.pic.twitter.com/683KnZeNAb
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And he added, once morest the journalist from the State signal: «Public media are going to be privatized, so try to be a good worker«.
In the midst of the discomfort generated, the reporter also asked him if Milei, if he were the winner in the second round this Sunday, would eliminate the subsidies. «Taxes are removed and subsidies are removed, Javier (Milei) already explained it.«, she indicated visibly upset.
The Public Defender’s Office expressed “concern” regarding Lemoine’s statements
Once the liberal deputy’s threat was known, the Public Defender’s Office issued a statement once morest her statements and considered that they were a “threat” once morest the Public Television worker.
In the letter, the organization reaffirmed “the role of journalism, the media and especially public media” in the construction of “a democratic and plural society“, in which the “right to communication, expression and participation of all voices” is prioritized.
He also clarified that “the right to communication is a social good” and that audiovisual communication services, as established by law, «are of public interest and fundamental for the sociocultural development of the population«.
For this reason, following reviewing the objectives of the public media, the Ombudsman’s Office considered in its document that “any attempt to ignore current legislation is an attack once morest democracy and participation.”
With information from Argentine News
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