Valencia, July 31 (Daniel Hernandez) .- Jesús María Casal, dean of the Faculty of Law and Policy at the Andres Bello Catholic University, said that the Act Media Crimes proposed by the Attorney General, Luisa Ortega Díaz, a full hedge against freedom of expression in all its forms, information and opinions, without any justification, because in Venezuela there are laws relating to content regulation.
This position is fixed during a visit to the secretary of the University of Carabobo, Pablo Aure, whom he met in his office in the rectory of the UC, accompanied by Professor Alfredo Arismendi Central University of Venezuela.
Casal said that the bill strikes at the heart of democracy "because democracy is political pluralism, freedom of expression, free flow of information, opinions, since it is the opportunity to discuss various issues of public concern. "
For Casal the bill is aimed at curtailing all of views expressed, to the point of criminalizing the dissemination of information and news that could be considered that are not true, which generate anxieties or may threaten the safety of the nation, stressing that the censorship of information is expressly forbidden in the Court Human Rights and the Constitution of the Republic.
- The path that is making is undemocratic, is in much of the population dissatisfaction, discontent, disagreement against many public policies with regard to decisions that affect the integrity of democratic institutions, and will not to solve this problem with the punishment of such expressions through the media. Casal added that even the reform of the Penal Code that currently exists in Venezuela, going beyond what is lawful according to democratic standards and now wish to add the Media Crimes Act, with a profile essentially repressive, which has a high level of confidence, which if passed will generate an effect of self-censorship and unfortunately will be less likely to express the critical thinking of a society that is characteristic of a democracy.
Third step towards dictatorship
For his part, Professor Alfredo Arismendi said that the proposed Media Crimes Act is the third step towards the consolidation of a dictatorship , which began with the term limits adopted without any strong reaction from the democratic sector, then the Electoral Act, which in its opinion, assured the triumph of the Government in any election and as the third step the Media Crimes Act, which if enacted will achieve silence all media.
Arismendi said the Government is threatened, knowing now the polls do not favor it, so that "this bill is nothing more than a defense mechanism."
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