After criticism issued by various entities that monitor freedom of expression, the Congress is becoming more and more cautious regarding the positions to be taken against the bill presented by the PCM, in which you try penalize judges and prosecutors for leaking information. Given this, congressmen from various groups have shown their rejection of the Executive’s proposal.
Parliamentarians like Alejandro Aguinaga (FP), María Jáuregui (RP), Roberto Chiabra (APP), Carlos Anderson and Susel Paredes they stated before the congressional news center that they would reject the proposal issued by the government of President Pedro Castillo.
According to Aguinaga, the norm presented by the PCM corresponds to a “gag” law that would violate freedom of expression. Jáuregui shared this premise and added that its approval would be “terrible for the democratic life of the country and against the citizen who has the right to know the acts of corruption.”
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Meanwhile, Chiabra remembered that this was a law that would be rejected by him, since both Elvia Barrioshead of the Judiciary, like Patricia Benavides, head of the Public ministry, They had spoken out against it.
Susel Paredes and Carlos Anderson were also along the same lines, agreeing with Aguinaga that the law was a proposal that muzzled the media and their sources. Paredes even questioned the intentions that could exist regarding the presentation of the norm. “The fear is of those who have judicial processes,” he said.
However, there are those who are still in favor of this proposal, as is the case of Waldemar Cerrón, from the Peru Libre party, who defended the rule stating that “All information that is reserved must be kept that way.” In addition, he ruled that the press “should not feel affected if it is approved in Congress.”
