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XALIMANEWS: The 13th legislature passed the budget proposal of the Minister of Communications, Telecommunications, Posts and the Digital Economy yesterday. This budget is set at 28 056 604 939 FCFA against 15 388 696 100 in 2018, an increase of 12 667 908 837 FCFA in absolute value and 82, 32% in relative value.
And the budget of Artp is now attached to that of the minister in charge of the sector for more transparency. The deputies also adopted the bill N ° 28/2018 on the code of the digital communication, which in its article 27, is very criticized by the opposition. For opposition MPs, Article 27 of the Digital Communications Code is a simple way for the State of Senegal to restrict freedom of expression.
They also denounced the fact that Artp and the public media, especially the Rts are monopolized by the Macky Sall regime. "We do not stop Rts from broadcasting releases and achievements, and Macky Sall and his government. But we also ask him to broadcast the opposition demonstrations, because it is a media that belongs to the entire Senegalese population, "said Mamadou Diop Decroix, MP for the winning coalition" Wattu Senegal ", which is supported by his Opposing colleagues Sheikh Bamba Dieye Mame Diarra Fam and Sheikh Abdou Mbacké.
Responding to the contributions of opposition parliamentarians, the Minister of Communication, Abdoulaye Bibi Baldé, recalled that the code in force concerning the code of digital communications dates from 2011 and that the logic would have wanted us to wonder why Senegal needs to have a new code in this area. In telecommunications, he said that developments are so fast that it takes a new one to take into account new technological trends, according to the observer.
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