They pointed out that until now they have not disclosed what the project is.
Courtesy CNP | They held an assembly with the majority of the sectionals present
Last weekend, the LVI edition of the secretariat of the National Association of Journalists (CNP) was held, in which the proposal of the National Assembly to reform the Law on the Practice of Journalism was discussed and it was rejected with an absolute majority.
The union met in Chacao and representatives of the national board of directors, the National Disciplinary Court and the sectional general secretaries (or their representatives) from Aragua, Anzoátegui, Apure-Amazonas, Barinas, Carabobo, Ciudad Guayana, Cojedes, Costa Oriental were present. del Lago, Capital District, Falcón, Mérida, Miranda, Monagas-Delta Amacuro, Nueva Esparta, Paraguaná, Portuguesa, Sucre, Táchira, Vargas, Yaracuy and Zulia.
The reasons given are that so far “the parliamentary body in office has not presented the bill to reform the law in question to public opinion or to the country’s journalistic union.”
In addition, “the statements of deputy María Carolina Chávez, second vice president of the Permanent Commission of Popular Power and Communication, in which she outlined an attempt to deprofessionalize our career by considering the so-called “popular communicators” and other journalists as “journalists”. personalities acting from the alternative media”.
They point out that “this legislation works for its main objectives: the defense and consolidation of a professional, ethical and independent journalistic practice, adequate to international standards; the professionalization of the social communicator through study at the different universities, from which the graduates in Social Communication graduate, and as guardian and custodian of the freedom of expression of Venezuelan citizens”.
In the assembly they also ratify “the validity of the Code of Ethics of the Venezuelan Journalist”, as well as request that the draft be made public for deliberation and discussion by unions, academics, students and human rights activists.
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