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The President of the Nation highlighted, through social networks, a report of the Inter-American Press Association (SIP), which provides Argentina with a "more favorable scenario for the profession" compared to many other countries in the region.
Mauricio Macri said on Sunday that "Argentina enjoys the greatest freedom of the press in its history," after the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) stressed at its semi-annual meeting that the country is currently experiencing "a more favorable scenario for the profession" compared to many other countries in the region.
Macri appreciated that the agency has distinguished Argentina for the third consecutive year for the total freedom of the press that prevails in the country "and badured that currently" freedom of the press is absolute, so great that it became transparent ". In this sense, he warned that "it is worth remembering that what we are experiencing is the result of having forever abandoned the secret mechanisms used by previous governments to subjugate freedom."
Through the social networks, the president has issued a very complete message in which he declared: "We do not accept that the image of the public people is spat, we do not insult, we do not know. Let's not get into the newspapers like thugs, we break them, we do not shoot down the antennae, we do not create propaganda programs to attack those who think differently or use football to praise or persecute us. "
In the same vein, he said that his government "does not change the schedules of football matches to hurt the ratings of television programs" nor "buys means to intermediaries who escape the taxes. " He added, "We do not block newspaper trucks, we are not doing anything against freedom of speech."
He spoke of the conflicting relations that Kirchnerism had with most media, especially during the two terms under which Cristina Kirchner had ruled.
"We said that our goal was to represent a profound change that already existed in the hearts of the people of Argentina.This change is reflected in almost every area of life and the respect for freedom of expression and the press is perhaps the most important for democracy, "said the head of state.
Macri baderted that "never before, less money has been spent on advertising than in this government" and that "it says directly that it means that the official advertisement is not used as a way to domesticate the media or dismiss journalists as before. "
He also stressed: "We do not intervene and do not influence editorial decisions, we do not question the work of the media or press professionals, we do not disqualify, we do not hesitate let us not accept that journalists are "judged" on Plaza de Mayo, as happened nine years ago, years ago ".
The president defended the leadership of the national government in the matter based on the statements of Daniel Dessein, president of the newspaper La Gaceta and representative of Argentina before the SIP, according to which it exists in the country. increasing transparency, constant appearances by press officials and the elimination of harbadment practices suffered by journalists and the media in the previous stages ".
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