Venezuela. Given the controversy generated last week by the announcement of a project of the Commission of People's Power and Media of the National Assembly that seeks to regulate subscription television, the version was denied.
According to the deputy and vice president of the Commission, Blanca Eekhout, so far there is no new law, there is no reform to the current law, they only have requests to work on a proposal to reform the current law.
According to the official, the versions about a new law in this regard are part of a campaign that seeks to create "a matrix of false opinion to frighten people by saying that the subscription television service was going to be removed."
Another of Blanca Eekhout's arguments to say that the project is only a rumor, is because the current Telecommunications Law has the necessary tools so that Conatel can exercise the regulation of subscription television, as well as the control of prices.
With these arguments, the Deputy came out to contradict what was said the previous week by the president of the Commission, Darío Vivas, who assured that they were working on a major regulation project in this field and even detailed three basic points on which the discussion should revolve.
What Blanca Eekhout did maintain is the investigation that was initiated to some media for the coverage they gave to the last presidential elections, because they allegedly incited violence.
