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Cs requests the appearance of Marlaska to explain the possible limitation of the intervention of agents in the media

MADRID, 19 Jul.

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Cs requests the appearance of Marlaska to explain the possible limitation of the intervention of agents in the media

MADRID, 19 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Citizens have requested this Tuesday that the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, appear in the Congress of Deputies to give explanations on an article of the Royal Decree Project by which the regime of incompatibilities of the National Police is developed, which stipulates that the agents will need an authorization to participate in the media.

Specifically, it is article 4.2 and, in the opinion of Ciudadanos, "it curtails the right to freedom of expression of the agents." "Participation in any audiovisual, radio, printed or digital social media (...) will require express authorization from the person in charge of the General Directorate of the Police (...)", reads the aforementioned article.

In parallel, the 'orange' formation, in a battery of questions on the aforementioned matter registered in Congress, asks the Government to explain the reason why it seeks to "ban" agents from participating in the media "to speak of matters in which they may be experts as qualified professional technicians, and provided that they do not provide information that they know in the exercise of their position or reveal secret or confidential information.

Likewise, it questions the Government if it believes that the current wording of the National Police Incompatibility Regulation Project "attempts against the freedom of expression" of the officials and, alluding to the complaints of the agents about the wording of the same and taking into account "That there is already sufficient regulation in the legal system on the prohibition of public officials from revealing secrets or sensitive information that they know by reason of their position, if they plan to "rectify" and not include the article in the rule that is finally approved.

According to Ciudadanos, it is a "broad and generic" prohibition that "supposes a violation of the most basic right to freedom of expression of the agents, who as specialists in various matters, such as security, are sometimes required by the media to provide a subjective and professional view on issues relevant to society".

On the other hand, the formation believes that "restricting the freedom of the police to speak with the press" and although there are no "reasonable reasons" to "impose that silence or censorship", in addition to attacking constitutional rights, "forces to impose a unique and always official account of what happens" in society.

"There is currently a rigorous regulation in the legal system on the prohibition of revealing secrets by public officials or sensitive information that they know by reason of their position, so the wording that the Draft Regulation of Incompatibilities for the agents of the National Police is an unjustified excess", the formation has settled.