Strong disapproval of closure of Telam. Rejection from legislators, former officials, organizations and unions

Other actors, including legislators, political leaders, former officials, unions and human rights organizations expressed this on Monday Solidarity with Telam workersThe national news agency, surrounded by police this Monday, had its definitive closure announced on Friday by President Xavier Miley at the opening of the legislative session.

The main expression of rejection of the announcement of the bandh and “the attempt to reduce the right to information of the entire population” took place this Monday at noon at the doors of Telam, where a symbolic hug Called by agency workers and the Buenos Aires Press Union (CIPREBA), although it was also felt on social networks.

Was one of the first to denounce the agency’s closure on the network german martinez, head of the Union pour la Patria (UXP) bloc in deputies. “Cruelly undemocratic. In a clear act of censorship, Miley’s government closed down the TÉLAM agency, suspended its website and prevented workers from going to work. This is a completely authoritarian move that harms our democracy and puts hundreds of Argentine families in doubt.” he wrote on his ex’s account.

The government of La Libertad Avanza wants to accomplish what the dictatorship and Macri could not: close the public news agency created 78 years ago, whose daily task is to disseminate information throughout the country with a federal and plural character, the legislator added. Is. “. And he concluded: “To stand by every outstanding professional of TÉLAM is to defend our democracy.”

National Vice President of Left Front Miriam BregmanMeanwhile he announced this on social network Presented a project “In Defense of Telam” in the Lower House, which resolved to “reject any effort to carry forward the abolition and voiding of the agency”; “To condemn that there is something hidden behind the closure New attack on the right to communicatefor freedom of information and expression”; and demand “an end to the police operation in front of the Bolivar headquarters and the immediate opening of the facilities,” as well The suspension of all personnel should be ended and its website and cable service should be registered.,

He UxP senators interblock He also “categorically” rejected the closure of Tellum, “which was created seventy-eight years ago by two North American journalism agencies to counter the management of the news agenda in the national arena, so that it could happen there.” Informational sovereignty in the Argentine Republic,

In a statement, UXP legislators assured that the closure announced by the far-right on Friday, as well as “the forced dismissal of its activists and the removal of its website and news service”, means “Clear act of censorship, attack on democracy, plurality of voices, informative federalism and the right of the Argentine people to true and plural information,

Former Chief of Staff and former candidate for Vice President of UXP, agustin rossi, also expressed their disapproval on social networks. “Telam SA was created by law in 1945. Since then, various governments have passed through. No one ever thought of closing it down. Last night, in best dictatorial style, they started fencing it off to prevent entry and they furloughed the staff for 7 days. illegal and inhumane #NoalcierredeTélam,” he wrote on his X account.

National Senator of UxP peter’s wade Expressed its solidarity with the activists and reminded that Telam “is a federal agency with 78 years of history, which informs citizens and provides services to the media throughout the country.” to closeThe former interior minister said, “Promote a single, centrist and corporate discourse that supports Miley, Macri and Villaruel, and undermines freedom of expression,

“They shut down a public medium, suspended its activists and disabled the website containing its historical archive. All at dawn and without any official resolution. It has nothing to do with independence. Telam’s My solidarity and support towards all workers”, condemned, through a tweet, Mariano Recalde, national senator of the UXP.

Julia StradaThe national vice president of UXP said on her social networks that “there is no reason to close Telam,” but rather “this is pure dogmatism and harassment.” The legislator reminded that “it is a federal news agency, which guarantees the right to information like few other media outlets”, that “its services are billed locally and abroad (it has 803 subscribed media outlets)”. , “The previous management managed to improve the billing levels of the company and transform it digitally”And “Their operations grew 1,100%”,

Other expressions of disapproval

Disapproval came to close Telam Association of Foreign Correspondents of the Argentine Republic (ACERA).), which “emphasised the need for a state – and non-governmental – news agency in the country, which guarantees citizens access to plural information and which supports the dissemination of news which, for obvious reasons, is usually are not of interest to people. Commercial media, but they are important to public opinion.”

including from many unions and union leaders pablo moyano, Assistant Secretary of the Truckers and member of the General Confederation of Labour. ,We want to ask those who rule us to show some sensitivity and return a source of work to the 770 families who have been left on the streets today.He said this in a symbolic embrace at the fenced headquarters on Monday afternoon.

“Closing Telam is illegal and a Unacceptable attack on democracy and freedom of expression, During Machrismo, we are going to accompany the struggle of the workers of @somostelam in defense of the right to agency, jobs and information,” wrote the general secretary of the Argentine Union of Workers, hugo yaskey,

Ricardo Peidro, deputy secretary of the autonomous CTA, said: “We want to express the solidarity of our center in this attack by this government that calls itself liberal, that screams for freedom, but is Nazi-fascist in terms of politics. It generates permanent aggression for the working class, for the most vulnerable sectors, for sovereignty.” “Now it attacks the Telm agency, which is always on the side of the workers, and that is why they want to silence it. Are. Its workers are always committed to the truth, and cover all conflicts. With the commitment of the working class and all union centres, Telam is not going to stop,” the leader said.

Banking AssociationHosted by Sergio Palazzo, it “strongly rejected the closure of the Telem news agency” and made public its “solidarity and support” for the struggle of those who work in it. “Information plays an important role in our society which helps us understand the reality”The union recalled in a statement, where it stressed that “journalism must be free and independent” and that freedom of the press “must be protected and guaranteed more than ever.”

teaching union SutebaMeanwhile, he said that “This irresponsible action of the Meili government is a direct violation of the human right to communicate, based on a decree of necessity and urgency, which was not treated by the legislative branch.”

“We condemn this violent and authoritarian action as it represents a direct violation of the rights of our people. With such arbitrary measures, the need to use censorship as a tool to hide anti-people measures is clear.Like all those that the national government has taken since its inauguration,” Suteba Provincia said on social networks.

Other teaching unions also expressed their views, such as admiesWho shared the news of police operation at the gate of Telam and were against the closure and harassment.

Another voice that joined the wave of rejections was that of fundamentalist leaders Ricardo Gil Lavedra, ,A state news agency allows for a plurality of voices and a balance of information in a democratic society. This should be the function of Telam. My solidarity with your workers,” he wrote in X.

Human rights organization also expressed its views children’s capitalwhich “repudiated the Meili government’s attack on freedom of expression, the right to work and the right to information” and expressed its “embrace and solidarity” with the workers who created the agency.

“Telem was besieged and its website disabled in a true attack on freedom of expression and right to information. We embrace the activists. Censorship is a far cry from freedom“, he shared on

Rebuttal to La Libertad Avanza’s government decision also came from the network of the Ni Una Menos collective. “We interrupt the spread of the March 8 preparatory activities in Congress to inform you that today the national news agency @Agénsia_Telema is surrounded by police and is not allowing its workers to enter,” the feminist group wrote in a publication. Has been.”

“This amounts to a serious attack on democracy and freedom of expression, a failure of the government to comply with all legal mechanisms and a serious violation of minimum freedom of expression agreements,” he condemned. “For those who don’t know the agency,” he said. The state agency is necessary to communicate in a federal and plural manner what is happening throughout the country. It has been an agency that has publicized the struggle and actions against gender violence at a time when few media outlets did so.