10/22/2020 14:00
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 10/22/2020 2:00 PM
The National Academy of Journalism reaffirmed its concern about the extension of the prosecution of Daniel Santoro and questioned "
a strong politicization of the interpretations of the facts
.
"
Through a statement, the ANP criticized the decision of the federal judge based in Dolores, Alejo Ramos Padilla, who extended the prosecution without taking a new investigation from the journalist of the newspaper
Clarín
, prosecutors Carlos Stornelli and Juan Ignacio Bidone, Marcelo D ' Alessio, the former AFI director Pablo Pinamonti, among others.
"Like all citizens, journalists are subject to the investigation of our conduct by the Justice. But, in this particular case,
the prosecution is based on assumptions
, false data, undue inferences and a strong politicization of interpretations. of the facts ", affirms the letter of the entity.
In addition, they reaffirm the right enshrined in the National Constitution to
protect sources
, in order to provide public opinion with "essential information on misconduct by government officials and acts of corruption carried out by public administration officials."
In this way, the National Academy of Journalism joins the repudiation of the judicial decision of other entities such as FOPEA, ADEPA, together with legislators, lawyers and journalists.
My solidarity with @ dsantoro59 can not persecute investigative journalism in our country.
- Graciela Ocaña (@gracielaocana) October 21, 2020
"
This Academy therefore trusts
that a correct judicial investigation will expose and punish possible crimes and irregularities that have been committed, but at the same time it
will avoid incriminating journalistic work
- and in particular the exercise of investigative journalism - leaving it to one side any ideological prejudice or political affiliation ", they point out in a statement.
And they conclude by expressing their solidarity with Santoro, "without this implying a corporate defense of one of its members,
it sympathizes with any journalist
who has been spied on,
rejects the criminal complaints against journalists for spreading true facts
, and trusts that a correct administration Justice will avoid frightening journalists in their daily search for news. "
For her part, Patricia Bullrich also expressed her concern about the journalist's situation, after
"the serious judicial measure"
taken by Judge Ramos Padilla.
The president of the PRO maintains that "the judge, a member of 'Legitimate Justice'
issues this new measure in clear contradiction with the entire Argentine legal system in terms of freedom of expression
, protection of sources and independence of journalistic work as well as against of the jurisprudence of the Court on access to information and its standards of protection on journalistic investigations on events of public interest ".
And he warns that Ramos Padilla's instruction, which points to Santoro as part of an "Illicit Parastatal Association", "
also puts a blanket of threat against all press
, destined to generate collective fear about the task of reporting."
