El Salvador: Public Media Act

The government has presented to the Legislative Assembly a draft for the Media Act on state property.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

The government of President Mauricio Funes presented today to the Legislative Assembly a draft Law on Public Media which seeks to turn Televisión de El Salvador (Channel 10) and Radio Nacional de El Salvador (96.9 FM) into public media, starting from the establishment of legal and institutional framework necessary for its fully independent operation.

The draft containing 45 articles, proposes the creation of a National Council of Public Media (CONAMEP), an autonomous institution to administer Televisión de El Salvador and Radio Nacional de El Salvador, as well as other media to be created in the future under the public media banner.

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