Wednesday, September 8, 2010

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President criticizes use of profanity in the media, questions


Santo Domingo .- President Leonel Fernandez called dysfunctional National Commission of Public Entertainment and Radio, condemning it allows to speak out bad words in the media communication, without punishing those who express them.

"The National Commission of Public Entertainment and Radio in practice is not practical. No more no saying bad words in the media and goes for no pornography inappropriate times and there is a proper use of language, and that children are not exposed to this, "Fernandez said.


said on the radio that when someone says a dirty word, the regulator should intervene because there can be no one on the radio saying bad words. Said to be created awareness among judges on the subject.
Fernandez made the proposal in his speech at a panel on "Reform and Legislation Update Media" held last night in the auditorium of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (Funglode). He also called for the radio and television public service be declared, even if privately owned. Creating

laws

The President said that with the creation of the laws of Free Expression and the Media, Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Entertainment regulation, the Dominican Republic is laying the bases for the formation of a communication code.

"I think that if we have this law dissemination and expression of thought to these ideas we've discussed here today, a law on radio and television and film we have the law and have the law of telecommunications, Dominican Republic and will have a communications code, "he said.

In that order, explained that what would be missing then is to create awareness among judges that this matter is important and that a crime of speech, the injury that affects the honor, it really is an offense that should be investigated further that if the intention is and materiality in fact, be duly punished.

He said that this is a first discussion of what it means, it will be a heated discussion at the enriched level of society, the media and Congress, so this in turn, culminate in a legal device that allows strengthen the democratic system.

The panel were presented to the public the draft laws of Free Expression and the Media, and General Public Entertainment, two of the five proposals submitted to the Executive by the Special Commission to rewrite the 6132 law, created by Decree 04-07.

Fernandez praised the formation of Audiovisual Council will serve to regulate the contents and noted that the Institute of Telecommunications is to make the allocation of frequencies.

"With this meeting tonight starts the great debate that I have proposed to legislators, the great debate over the legislative agenda, I think it will be the most important legislative agenda we've had in the articulation and consolidation of rule of law in the Dominican Republic, "said the governor, who was accompanied by First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez.

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