A new public complaint made by journalist Alvaro Alvarado about the circulation of an audio that would seek to discredit the work of political commentator Jose Isabel Blandon.
"Publicly denounce audio that has been circulating the government to discredit the engineer Jose Isabel Blandon. Before it was bad and now ...?" He wrote the communicator in his Twitter account.
Given this, the analyst Blandon stated that "slanderous attacks forged steel your fighting spirit and give guidance on the way forward".
He stressed that "the brave will fight from the front, and cowards take refuge in anonymity and obscurity," referring to the alleged involvement of relatives the Government to use anonymous of attack and lift smear campaigns accounts, through networks social.
In recent days, attacks on journalists and media outlets that criticize government failures have worsened to the point of imposing fines and threatening journalists.
However, journalists' associations have warned that they will not budge and will go to human rights bodies if it insists on silence communicators.
Blanca Gomez, president of the National Association of Journalists, said that all governments need to understand that "we are living in a democratic era" and that implies rights and duties, and within these, respect for journalists, which have the task to inform the community, which should be the rulers.
She suggested that if this address is not serving you would be living a reality that is not present and would be outdated.
"No we are going to accept any kind of attack that goes against the principles of the work of journalists", he said.
She said attacks on journalist Alvaro Alvarado, are pending and have already issued a statement
"Every officer must understand that we have to question the function that is in accordance with the dictates of the rule, and transparency should be the principle to regirles " he said.
The union leader said that the Association of Journalists will defend communicators to guarantee the right of press, freedom of expression and opinion .
" To continue doing allegations because officials must respond. It is their responsibility and duty to society All officials are due to us that we are the state," he said.
In this sense , Filemon Medina , secretary general of the Union of Journalists of Panama , told this newspaper that there have been some threats and intimidation to freedom of expression in the president's administration and the free exercise of journalism.
" The current administration barred our way to discuss the law intended to regulate the exercise of journalism," he said.
Datos
- El periodista Álvaro Alvarado denunció que del Consejo de Seguridad Nacional se adelantaba un plan para acallarlo, por sus comentarios acerca de la gestión de Juan Carlos Varela.
- Alvarado manifestó que el ataque también iría contra el analista político José Isabel Blandón.
- Diarios del Grupo Epasa han recibido sanciones, una de ellas es el reciente fallo condenatorio de la Sala de lo Civil de la Corte Suprema de Justicia. También el TE ha multado a la emisora KW Continente.
- La sanción contra los periodistas fue calificada como nefasta por la Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP), que recomendó que sea elevada a instancias internacionales.
