The Prime Minister Anibal Torres and the former Secretary of Social Communication of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Ximena Pinto They were summoned to go to the Transportation and Communications Commission, in order to respond to the complaint of directing state advertising.
The invitation was made by Congressman Alejandro Soto, president of this working group of the Parliament, and invites them to appear at it next Wednesday, March 2 at 4:00 p.m.
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In the document sent to Torres, it is indicated that, after the complaint made by the former official, “it seems that the parameters established by law on the matter for the transparent and decentralized selection of the media for the dissemination of state advertising.
Official letter addressed by Congressman Alejandro Soto to the Prime Minister. Photo: Diffusion
Journalist Ximena Pinto denounced last Wednesday, February 23, that she was removed from the Presidency of the Council of Ministers for refusing to cut state advertising for the El Comercio group.
“For this year, the campaign for the beginning of the school year and the hiring of the media center should be seen, as well as the broadcast media, including television and radio at the national level,” Pinto explained in statements to La República.
This, despite the fact that the former official, she indicates, explained to the prime minister that the selection of media for advertising is carried out according to the audience level; However, Torres would have pointed out that “the entire El Comercio group should not be given a single sun, because it constantly attacked the Government.”
