Argentina. The Argentine government held the first meeting of the commission that will draft the draft Communications Law. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Communications, Oscar Aguad, along with all the members of the commission: the directors of Enacom, Silvana Giudici and Alejandro Pereyra; the philosopher Santiago Kovadloff; the constitutionalist and specialist in the right to communication on the Internet, Andrés Gil Domínguez; the Secretary of ICT's, Héctor Huici; and ARSAT Vice President Henoch Aguiar.
The meeting addressed the criteria and general principles that will start the preliminary draft. The steps to convene the different sectors that will participate in the informative meetings, specialists, civil society organizations with interference in the matter, consumer and user associations, business chambers, professional and trade union organizations and academic entities were also defined.
Minister Aguad expressed his satisfaction at being carrying out this preliminary project and said: "We put this commission into operation to draft a Communications Law for the future of Argentina." In addition, he added: "The technological changes that are already taking place in the world are very important, we believe that access to information is a human right and we have the challenge of reflecting it in a draft law."
"This draft will include all eyes and all opinions in replacement of the laws passed by the previous government. Both overlapped and produced ambiguities in the regulatory framework," said Silvana Giudici, coordinator of this commission, who then stressed that it is expected that "the creation of the new law will put us on an equal footing in competition in relation to the other countries in the region. That is the mandate that President Mauricio Macri has entrusted to Us minister Oscar Aguad and Enacom officials."
For his part, the Secretary of ICT's, Hector Huici, rescued the democratizing spirit of this initiative: "The intention of this commission is to convene all sectors to present the best possible communications law."
