{"id":270345,"date":"2023-05-26T18:41:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T22:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=270345"},"modified":"2023-05-26T18:46:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T22:46:45","slug":"parliament-approves-first-law-on-social-communication-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/parliament-approves-first-law-on-social-communication-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament approves first Law on Social Communication in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>Cuban Parliament<\/span><\/a> unanimously approved a long-prepared Law on Social Communication this Thursday, in the <\/span>34th version of the bill<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bill that was finally approved had 69 modifications \u201cin content and form,\u201d compared to version 33 which was submitted to the second consultation with the deputies.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Assembly, just over a month after being constituted, with 470 deputies and without yet organizing itself into its traditional Commissions, created a temporary group to advance the new regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Council of State decided to include a transitory provision so that, within two years, the president of the Institute of Information and Social Communication, Alfonso Noya Mart\u00ednez, report to the Assembly on the process of implementation of the law.<\/span><\/p>\n

The legal provision will regulate processes in the organizational, media and community spheres, for political, public good, organizational and commercial purposes, both in physical and digital public spaces.<\/span><\/p>\n

Noya Mart\u00ednez, in the presentation of the law to the deputies, explained the \u201ccontribution of social communication to strengthen the unity of the people, consolidate the ideology of our socialist society and defend the independence, sovereignty and security of the homeland.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When addressing the deputies, Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel considered that this legislation should allow \u201covercoming gaps and overcoming institutional inertia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the face of a certain situation, which is negatively impacting the population, the responsible public servants are obliged to report immediately from all possible spaces.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He also said it is up to the press \u201cto report first and responsibly every sensitive information for the people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is time to understand and use all the resources of social communication to favor participation, transparency and accountability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Law on Social Communication should have been approved at the end of 2022, but the Council of State <\/span>asked to delay it<\/span><\/a> due to its \u201ccomplexity\u201d and because the multiple changes that were introduced had not been fully transferred to parliamentarians.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: ANPP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A historical law<\/b><\/p>\n

Deputy Rosa Miriam Elizalde, journalist and member of the drafting commission, defended the historical nature of the Law in the plenary session of the Assembly, as it is the first of its kind derived from the Constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n

In her opinion, it goes far beyond the national geography. \u201cIt is the first regulation in Latin America that transcends the sectoral,\u201d she specified about what she considers unprecedented, one of the great aspirations of the academic community and communicators.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is, she said, an umbrella law, like the Family Code, \u201cbecause it includes all spheres of society. In legislative terms, she added, it places the State in the capacity of mediator and guarantor between citizens and the great national powers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Yoerky S\u00e1nchez, member of the Council of State and director of the newspaper <\/span>Juventud Rebelde<\/span><\/i>, explained that it is not a Press or Media Law, although it includes regulations on that sector.<\/span><\/p>\n

On social communication and politics in Cuba<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n