On Wednesday 25 October 2017, the Superior Administrative Court (TSA) heard the request from the Z101 broadcaster Álvaro Arvelo, asking them to annul the resolution from the National Commission of Public Spectacles and Radio (CNEPR) that suspended him for 20 days, following disparaging comments he made about Dominican Republic founding father Juan Pablo Duarte on the program El Gobierno de la Mañana.
His lawyers say that Don Alvaro’s constitutional rights have been violated, and call for the broadcaster to be allowed to exercise his right as a journalist. The lawyers say the resolution violates Article 69 and 6 of the 2015 Constitution.
In addition, other members of the program explained that what Arvelo shared on the program were not his exclusive thoughts, but those of other historians, which the Commission should have investigated before imposing the ban.
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Listin Diario
26 October 2017
