The Sociedad Dominicana de Diarios, that groups the leading daily newspapers in the Dominican Republic, has launched a campaign to protest that government ministers are not available for live questioning by the press.
The media group (Listin Diario, El Caribe, Diario Libre, El Nacional, La Informacion, El Dia, Hoy and El Nuevo Diario) criticized that the media has neither any forums to ask questions of President Danilo Medina.
The SDD says that instead, the Presidency and the ministries communicate with the media merely by sending out press releases on what they may be doing. The one-way communication is also in the form of tweets.
The journalists say that democracy is only possible when dialogue is a permanent reality. “A democractic society cannot be mute,” states the publication made in the member media.
The SDD has a new board as of September 2017 lead by Persio Maldonado Sánchez, director of El Nuevo Diario. Other members are: Enmanuel Castillo, vice president (La Información); Miguel Franjul, secretary (Listín Diario), Adriano Miguel Tejada (Diario Libre), treasurer. Other members are Osvaldo Santana (El Caribe), Bienvenido Álvarez Vega (Hoy); José Monegro, El Día; and Bolívar Díaz Gómez, El Nacional.
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24 October 2017
