Mauricio Macri and the freedom of expression: "We do not accept that the image of public person is spit" – 03/31/2019

President Mauricio Macri said Sunday that Argentina "enjoys the greatest freedom of the press in its history" and seized the opportunity "Infiltration mechanisms used by previous governments"Against this good." We do not accept that the image of public people is spit, "said the president in one of his most severe sentences, remembering – without mentioning them directly – "public trials" against journalists organized by the owner of the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, Hebe de Bonafini; or even a "public evening", also against journalists, who promoted the organization K La Poderosa and to which boys participated.

Through a series of messages on his official Twitter account, the President also recalled that the Inter-American Press Association (SIP), at its recent semi-annual meeting, stressed that "Argentina governs a wide freedom of expression and press"

"We said that our goal was to represent a profound change that already existed in the hearts of the people of Argentina and that manifested itself in almost every area of ​​life." Respect for freedom of expression and the press is possible. – be the most important – democracy Today in Argentina, freedom is absolute. He is so tall that he became transparent. But we must remember that what we are experiencing is the result of forever giving up the secret mechanisms used by previous governments to restrict freedom, "said Macri.

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The president listed the practices that, in previous years, had undermined press freedom, saying that "previously, never less money had been spent on advertising than in this government, which is directly official advertising is not used as a way to domesticate the media or submit journalists as they did before. "

"We do not intervene and do not influence editorial decisions, we do not support or question the work of the media or press professionals, we do not disqualify, we do not accept that journalists are "judged" in Plaza de Mayo as it happened just 9 years ago, "continued the president, referring to the" ethical "and" popular "journalists' trial launched in 2010 by the Hebe de Bonafini-led organization.

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Macri was surprised to post his messages on a Sunday afternoon, at which time there is usually no official communication. However, this practice was common during the Second Government of Cristina Kirchner, who also used social networks at this time of the week to withdraw from the program

"We do not accept that the image of public people is spat out, we do not insult, we do not enter the newspapers like brutes or break them, we do not shoot down antennas, we do not create propaganda programs to attack those who think differently, we do not use football to praise or persecute us. We do not change the schedules of football matches to affect the clbadification of television programs, we do not buy media with intermediaries avoiding taxes, we do not block newspaper trucks. We are not doing anything against freedom of expression, "he added.

"We are not afraid of freedom. We know that the Argentines want to be free forever. We are changing, "Macri closed his defense of official policy on press freedom.

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