Mexico. On the occasion of several journalistic notes that give an account of the possible approval of a reform to the Federal Law of Telecommunications and Broadcasting, the Federal Institute of Telecommunications, IFT, presented the following considerations:
Article 6 of our Constitution recognizes the rights of hearings and provides that the law shall establish the mechanisms for their protection. This recognition was motivated by the Permanent Constituent Assembly, in the need for adequate protection of the right to information. Even in the public forums held by the Senate of the Republic during the reform process, the rights of the hearings were considered as key to preventing monopolies of public opinion.
As is public knowledge, there have been constitutional controversies against the law issued by the Congress of the Union and the guidelines issued on this matter by the IFT in compliance with said law.
Given the disqualifications on the actions of the IFT by some legislators, the Institute reiterates its conviction that it has acted at all times in accordance with its constitutional mandate and fully complying with what is ordered in the law by the Congress of the Union itself. Therefore, we believe that constitutional controversies represent a very valuable opportunity for the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation to rule on the scope and effective protection of the rights of hearings, in accordance with our Constitution and international treaties to which Mexico is a party.
However, the IFT respects the power of the Congress of the Union to reform the law and adopt, where appropriate, a new model of protection of the rights of the hearings, but in the case of rights finally recognized in our constitutional framework after a broad social consensus, we trust that this power will be exercised responsibly, objectivity and transparency, privileging at all times the effective protection of these rights.
As is clear from the spirit and letter of Article 6. Constitutional, the regulations, whether of the Congress of the Union or the IFT, must ensure mechanisms for the effective protection and guarantee of the rights of the hearings; otherwise it would depart from what is mandated by our Magna Carta.
The Plenary Commissioners of the Federal Telecommunications Institute signed the declaration:
Gabriel Oswaldo Contreras Saldívar, Presiding Commissioner
Adriana Sofía Labardini Inzunza, Commissioner
María Elena Estavillo Flores, Commissioner
Mario Germán Fromow Rangel, Commissioner
Adolfo Cuevas Teja, Commissioner
Javier Juárez Mojica, Commissioner
