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The case dates back to December 2018 when Santiago Rivas, host of the television show Creole cigars, issued by Signal Colombia, He denounced that the format left the channel’s programming after he published a video in which he spoke about the complications that the implementation of the MinTic Law would have for public media.
“This bill extends the time that the spectrum use license is granted to private parties. In other words, private channels and cable operators pay a percentage of their profit in advertising with a consideration for the use of the spectrum, ”Santiago Rivas responded in Semana, to the question of whether this law (MinTic) privileges the interests of the private?
Well, as a result of Rivas’s comments, it is presumed that the program left the programming after Marcela Díaz Soto leaked an audio where Bieri says: “Santiago Rivas. How do we stop it from appearing more in our products? “ and then he mentioned the need to end the format by putting it on the midnight time slot.
This audio was featured as evidence by Flip (Foundation for Press Freedom), to demonstrate to the Prosecutor’s Office and the Attorney General’s Office that there was a case of censorship against Creole cigars, but because Bieri said that his statements had been illegally recorded, the investigating body noted that Marcela Díaz committed a crime by unveiling said conversation.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Díaz Soto must answer for the crime of using a matter subjected to secrecy or reservation, since the investigating entity maintains that the official illegally recorded the conversation and incurred in a violation of a confidentiality clause with the company.
The audience It will be held on November 18 and since the statement of the Prosecutor’s Office was known, criticism by public opinion has not ceased. This is the case of the director of Human Rights Watch for the Americas, José Manuel Vivanco, who questioned the conduct of the investigating body in the case:
“This accusation is a serious error and runs contrary to international standards on the protection of whistleblowers,” Vivanco said in a trill addressed to the Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa.
After knowing the statement of the Prosecutor’s Office with the imputation of charges to Díaz Soto, The investigating entity published through its Twitter account that it will also carry out a judicial inspection at the Flip facilities in order to obtain information on the visits that the RTVC worker involved made in previous days. In addition, the Prosecutor’s Office assured that it intends to have a copy of Bieri’s audio.
The announcement of the investigating entity did not go down well with some journalists such as Daniel Coronel, who published a tweet in which he classified the request of the Prosecutor’s Office as censorship.
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