In comments made during his appointment last week, the new President of Congress, Victor Joy Way, recognised the need for a free press in the democratic process in Peru. As well, he expressed his desire that the relationship between the media and Congress would lead to politicians always making available “valuable” information about the state […]
In comments made during his appointment last week, the new
President of Congress, Victor Joy Way, recognised the need for a
free press in the democratic process in Peru. As well, he
expressed his desire that the relationship between the media and
Congress would lead to politicians always making available
“valuable” information about the state of the nation as well as
journalists no longer being seen as adversaries, as if their
function were a greater inconvenience than the problems and
issues about which they report.
Joy Way added that the incorporation of a democratic system of
checks and balances would not necessarily lead to some kind of
“honeymoon” between the media and politicians, but rather to
responsibility on the one hand and equanimity on the other so
that the job of reporting and the “art of tolerance” would
constitute a successful blending of a “good, fluid and
respectable relationship.”
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Send appeals to authorities:
not only an independent press in a democracy but also the
investigative and critical work that it does
Appeals To
Ing. Alberto Fujimori Fujimori
President
Palacio de Gobierno
Plaza de Armas
Lima 1, Peru
Fax: +511 4266770 (or +511 4266535 via presidential press office)
Victor Joy Way
President of Congress
Lima, Peru
Fax: +511 4265053
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