The Peruvian Press Council asks for the Ministry’s security protocol for journalists to be archived.

Today, Thursday, the Peruvian Press Council (CPP) decided on a project called “Protocol of interdepartmental actions” for journalists and public figures “in the context of public disorder”, published yesterday by the Minister in the official newspaper El Peruano.

Due to this CPP believes that this protocol “does not guarantee the conduct of journalistic work during citizen protests”, but, on the contrary, “is intervention which jeopardizes the necessary independence which a journalist must have in exercising his right of expression”.

“The draft does not include proposals from most of the organizations participating in the consultation meetings, including CPP. For this reason, and also because of the lack of desire to include technical guidelines on international standards – the purpose of this organization for the protocol – CPP made the decision to withdraw from the task force in early February,” the council said in a statement.

It should be noted that, as stated in the said protocol, participation minterHe MinsaHe MinhusHe General Staff of the PNP and the College of Journalists of Peru.

The CPP demanded “immediate archiving project” for a number of reasons in which they emphasize that “the National Police of Peru (PNP), the Minister and other government agencies are governing bodies of journalists in protest situations. The protocol establishes a top-down relationship between the state and the press, which is unacceptable.”

“(Protocol) does not consider that some agents PNP they were the aggressors of journalists, despite the fact that the latest statistics point to him as the main aggressor. It does not include a public and transparent procedure for investigating the actions of police officers responsible for attacks on journalists. (Also PNP He acts as the creator of parameters and guidelines during protest coverage, when journalists should have absolute freedom to cover what they see fit. For example, it suggests “adequate” places, which implies the direction of coverage, ”emphasized CPP.

In addition, he believed that minter “applies only to journalists registered as beneficiaries of the protocol, not counting hundreds at the national level” and “principles and obligations of state institutions are not established (principle of protest, protection of journalists, guarantees of freedom of expression, right to register police operations, accountability, police identification )”.

IPYS: “This is a threat to freedom of speech”

For its part, the Institute of Press and Society (IPYS) ruled on a protocol that it considered “dangerous for freedom of expression” because it “suggests to be regulated under police supervisionjournalistic coverage of the protests.

“IPY disagree with regulate in any way journalistic coverage of public demonstrations, stating that any rules of procedure for journalists in protests should be aimed at respecting the actions of the press in them.

“In the same way, IPY indicates that it should ban any act of intimidation or violence against journalists, the imposition of sanctions in reverse,” it added.

Finally, IPY He pointed out that “each media outlet should create its own security protocols” and demanded that “complaints of those who attack the press during their work covering the protests” be thoroughly investigated.