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SYRIZA reacts to the government’s amendment to the press

“Mitsotakis’s night amendment on the unprecedented control of the press is indicative of his situation: he realizes that he is falling and wants to control everything. But in his effort he does not understand that all he is doing is accelerating his fall,” he said in a statement. SYRIZA explains:

“According to this amendment, the ESR, which under the Constitution is responsible for channels and radios because they hold public frequencies, will have the right to impose recurring fines on newspapers, which will be paid by the shareholder and not the company that publishes the This is a direct violation of Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution, as well as the Law on Societes Anonymes.

The identification of natural persons with legal entities, which is done selectively only for the newspapers, creates interesting associations: By this logic, the shareholders in publishing companies with large debts should cover the debts from their personal property. In a few words and a random example, Mr. Mitsotakis would have to pay the loans and repayments of Kirikas Chania or even ND from his personal property “.

In the same context, he adds that: “It is also interesting that Mr. Mitsotakis’s education is exhausted in the newspapers and he leaves out the channels, radios and sites. Why should a channel manager or site owner not pay his fines from his personal property? channel or its website?

“As for the unheard of, that is, the distribution agency, to collect the fines in the name of the State, we can not imagine what other gift Mr. Mitsotakis will think of making in a private monopoly.”

In conclusion, SYRIZA states that the party of the official opposition “is always on the side of transparency. It is in the right direction for the publishers of the newspapers to declare, but why is it not extended to the websites? Mr. Mitsotakis is only interested in the newspapers Why did the channel owners pass a law not to make a statement about their whereabouts, while the last working journalist is obliged?

The acquisition of ESR jurisdiction in such an issue creates a dangerous framework of press censorship, which with this government and this prime minister will be far from well-meaning control.

“Democracy and freedom of opinion can not be restricted by any Mitsotakis.”

Source: Capital

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