The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, signed this Friday the final text of the Communication Law, which puts an end to the previous regulation, nicknamed ‘Gag Law’, with which he hopes to recover freedom of the press so that the media can «unmask the narco-politicians» who operate in the country and from abroad, without receiving threats.
«We do not want a society in which the media operate under threats. We do not want a society where content is influenced or controlled by politicians, much less by narco-politicians. We want a society free to think and express itself», he assured in an event held in the port city of Guayaquil, according to the newspaper ‘El Telegrafo’.
Lasso has pointed out that the regulatory text puts an end to the control and prior censorship bodies of the code approved in June 2013, during the government of Rafael Correa. For this reason, he has pointed out the opponents of this reform for «trying to destabilize Ecuador» and not showing solidarity with the attacks suffered by the Police and the military by organized crime gangs.
«The growth of drug trafficking has been proportional to the human baseness of some leaders. Today we are living the consequences of this perverse relationship», he said on Friday, after assuring that this law is vital «to build the peace that Ecuador needs».
«Today on one side of the political map are clearly identified those who seek to favor crime, organized gangs, drug trafficking. On the other side are those who are in favor of democracy, in favor of the people, in favor of freedom,» he said.
