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Mayor Rodas announces he will not pay fine imposed by the Supercom
Posted On 29 Dec 2014
The Mayor of Quito, Mauricio Rodas, announced on December 29 he will not pay the fine of $ 3,400 imposed by the Superintendency of Information and Communication (Supercom), arguing that as the highest representative of the Municipality of Quito, he was responsible for a case of prior censorship.
Through his Twitter account, on city official wrote: “The resolution of the SuperCom is illegal, illegitimate and absurd, so I will not submit to the fine and I welcome the right to resistance.”
According to the resolution of the Supercom, at the hearing, the defense of the Municipality “acknowledged the alleged administrative error that suspended the transmission of a talk show of the news website Ecuadorinmediatoin municipal radio stations Distrito 102.9 FM and Municipal 720 AM.
