He Government made progress in modifying the regulations of the Law on Access to Public Informationthrough the redefinition of terminology and limiting access to private information.
Through a draft resolution, and at the request of an initiative of Margarita Stolbizer, the bench that he presides over Miguel Pichetto express “worry” in the face of a fact that considers that ““distorts the spirit of Law 27,275 on Access to Public Information.”
Government restricts access to public information: the reaction of the political spectrum
The block Federal Meeting of the Chamber of Deputies expressed his Concern over changes to the Access to Public Information Act implemented by the Government of Javier Milei by decree 780/24 and submitted a request for information to the Executive Branch to explain the scope of the restrictions imposed.
First, the opposition deputies asked “if the Executive Branch expressly consulted the Agency for Access to Public Information (AAIP) on the relevance, convenience and/or need to implement measures restricting access to public information“.
“If so, Report the reasons put forward by the AAIP to support or reject Decree 780/2024“, the legislators indicated in the letter addressed to the AAIP Access Agency and to the Office of the Chief of Ministers, on whom this body has functional dependence. “In the event that the AAIP has not been consulted on the scope of the aforementioned decree, Please indicate the Agency’s position on this matter.“, they added in the text.
The head of the Union for the Homeland bloc in the Chamber of Deputies, Germán Martínez, explained in dialogue with Provincial Radio that the space presented “a draft resolution against the decree” and explained: “They disguise it as a regulation of the content of the law” so that it is taken as an “attribution of the Executive Branch.”
The deputy of the Civic Coalition, Maximilian Ferraro, He made a criticism through his official account on the X platform and described the Government as “the least liberal in the world”: “It is remarkable how the ‘liberals, the least liberal in the world’ go too far in regulating and interpreting the laws in such a restrictive and dangerous way.. The right to information is a citizen’s right that cannot be imprisoned by decree or applied at the mercy of the governments in power; it can only be regulated by a law of Congress. Where is the much-defended right to information?
The radical deputy Karina Banfi, For his part, he pointed out that “Access to public information is a human right“. “In the Cambiemos government we have managed to make information available to citizens. The State protects, orders and makes it available. Never again can an official say what we can ask and what we cannot,” he stressed.
Andrés Gil Domínguez questioned the decree that restricts access to public information: “It is unconstitutional”
The constitutional lawyer Andres Gil Dominguez He was another one who came out to meet Javier Milei by the decree that modifies the regulations of the Law on Access to Public Information“It violates a right considered essential to the democratic system.”
Through his official account on the X platform (formerly Twitter), the constitutional lawyer pointed out that “decree 780/2024 that Its purpose is to regulate Law 27,275 on access to public information “modifying the previous regulatory norm (decree 206/2017) is unconstitutional because it unreasonably alters its contents, ignoring the provisions of art. 28 of the Argentine Constitution and art. 29 of the American Convention on Human Rights.”
Source: Ambito
