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Daily El UNIVERSO may appeal against the illegality of the penalty imposed by the Supercom
Posted On 25 Aug 2017
Ecuadornews:
Daily El UNIVERSO would sue the Superintendencia de Comunicación “Supercom” (The State Department of Communication for its Spanish name) for damages, after the Administrative District Court Nº 2 declared null the resolution that forced the newspaper to pay $ 90 thousand fine in 2014 for a caricature of Xavier Bonilla (Bonil) published in 2013.
The judges of the Court ruled that the Supercom decision had a lack of motivation and that it ignored that “opinions are not meant to inform,” and these are considered as a perfect manifestation of thought, whose legality is protected by the Constitution.
Carlos Ochoa was in charge of the control agency at the time of the litigation. (I)
Source: http://www.eluniverso.com/
