Judge protects Xóchitl: Jenaro Villamil is forced to remove a publication

The coalition’s presidential candidate Strength and Heart for Mexico, Xóchitl Gálvez, won an injunction once morest Jenaro Villamil, president of the Public Broadcasting System of the Mexican State (SPR), for a publication in which she was mentioned and affected her image in the public opinion.

The sentence that protects and protects Xóchitl was published by the Fourteenth Collegiate Court on Administrative Matters of Mexico City on April 24, in which the judge was a speaker Juan Pablo Gómez Fierro.

Villamil’s background

In August of last year Xóchitl promoted an amparo once morest Villamil for a publication in X, before Twitterby violate their right to human dignity, honor, good name, reputation, image and presumption of innocence. At that time, the PAN member was a senator and was competing within the PRI-PAN-PRD alliance process to obtain the candidacy for the Presidency.

Although a district court dismissed the trial citing freedom of expression Jenaro VillamilXóchitl filed an appeal for review because, he considered, the publication did constitute an act of authority, since Villamil is shown in his X account as the owner of the Public Broadcasting System.

“So the statements you make through your social networks or the information you share are not only made based on a personal opinion, but as part of the performance of your assignment, as responsible for the dissemination of impartial, objective, timely information.” and truthful,” states the ruling of the collegiate court.

Thus, the collegiate court noted that Villamil’s publication exceeded the limit of access to public information and reporting, “generating in public opinion the idea of ​​the commission of an illicit act affecting the honor and presumption of innocence” of Xóchitl Gálvez.

Due to the above, Villamil must delete the publication from July last year and cannot use his public position to discredit the image of the presidential candidate.— Latinus