During the morning of this Thursday 19, peter cowspecial rapporteur for freedom of expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)met with the Republic President, peter castledue to the constant questioning about the lack of transparency of the Government and the attacks that the press has received during the recent months of management.
government palace he announced the meeting around 8:30 am through the president’s official agenda. However, by that time the meeting had already begun.
When Vaca Villarreal approached the facilities of the ‘Casa de Pizarro’, he witnessed how the press was prevented from entering the side door of the Executive headquarters, since the journalists were detained by a police fence. The Main Square of Lima It was also closed with bars.
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“I am very sorry to witness this situation and I hope that corrective measures will be taken in this regard”expressed the special rapporteur at the insistence of the men and women of the press.
At the end of the meeting with the president, Pedro Vaca announced that the conversation was based on complaints from the press about the various impediments that he has been receiving and indicated that he hopes corrective measures will be taken soon.
“I transmitted the different complaints that we received from the press, particularly those that have to do with accessibility to the Executive and we hope action will be taken on this (…) A general commitment was made regarding freedom of expression and it was clearly indicated that we received several complaints regarding accessibility,” he asserted.
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IACHR visits the Executive and Legislative
The special rapporteur for freedom of expression of the IACHR announced that this Thursday would meet with senior officials of the Executive and Legislative after receiving complaints of various acts against freedom of expression of journalistic unions.
“There are very serious complaints about access to informationabout the possibility of being able to cover events of high public interest, so our job is to motivate international standards to be met,” he said last Wednesday.
He also met with representatives of the Ombudsman’s Office and with the National prosecutor, Paul Sanchez.
Pedro Vaca: “I prefer a Congress that meets in a square and not one that does not have journalists”
Pedro Vaca mentioned that he prefers an Congress that meets in a square to one that denies access to journalists for media coverage of Parliament.
“I had the opportunity to express to Parliament that I prefer a Congress that meets in a square and not a Legislative that does not have journalists, because I believe that the plenary session should be covered,” said the rapporteur of the IDH Commission at a press conference. .
Along these lines, he mentioned that he told the congressional representation of the possibility that journalists could gradually enter the Parliament’s facilities over a period of two weeks.
“In this direction, I also encouraged that even the gradual entry between now and May 31 could be considered so that coverage of the hemicycle can be accessed,” he added.
