This Friday, April 11, The State Council ordered President Gustavo Petro not to transmit the Councils of Ministers again as has been done in recent weeks by television.
In accordance with the order, future Councils of Ministers may not be transmitted by local, or private television channels in the country.
The failure indicates that: “It is not recounted in the violative behavior and, therefore, They do not transmit the Councils of Ministers through private television channels, channel one and local, regional channelsand community television community, in accordance with the reasons expressed in this sentence“
According to the guardianship ruling issued by the Third Section of the Administrative Contentious Chamber, the Transmissions of the Councils of Ministers that the President has carried out in recent weeks, It violated the right of citizens to receive plural, objective, truthful and timely information.
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According to the State Council: “By transmitting the Councils of Ministers in all open television channels, the possibility of accessing other sources of information was limited And citizens were forced to consume only the official government information”
In addition, being in the Prime Time (7.30 pm), that is, the largest audience schedule in the day, The right to citizenship information was affectedwhich, generally, seeks to inform yourself at that time, through the news.
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However, it is clear that the ministerial councils that are carried out from the date, They may be transmitted through public channels, such as Colombia (RTVC) and the institutional channel.
Valentina Delgadillo Abello
Portfolio journalist
