The President Javier Milei have to pay more than 5 million pesos after he suffered a defeat before the judiciary in the criminal complaint he filed against the journalist in mid-July Nicolas Lantoswho was dismissed after a judgment was obtained in his favor.
The Argentine president must pay in total 5,646,480 pesos as a fee to the journalist’s lawyers The uncoveringas can be seen from a new decision by the judiciary. The libertarian had taken action against the communicator in the middle of one Complaint route against Opposition journalists for several months.
They denounce Milei’s attacks on journalism before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Authoritarians don’t like that
The practice of professional and critical journalism is a mainstay of democracy. That is why it bothers those who believe that they are the owners of the truth.
The events began when the Libertarian president denounced the journalist Ari Lijaladaccuses him violate the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) for an article in which the journalist spoke about the spread of hatred and political violence by those in power.
After filing a series of complaints, Milei also pointed this out Jorge Rial, Fabian Doman, Mauro Federico And Nicolas Lantosand filed a complaint blaming them “Slander and insults” against him, which was submitted in July this year.
The complaint for “defamation and insult” was made on the basis of some data provided by the journalist The uncovering in one editorial comment on May 16, shortly after Lijalad was insulted by the president for pointing out the similarities between the La Libertad Avanza (LLA) speech and the Nazis’ speech against the Jews.
“President Milei is trying to silence journalists and critics by prosecuting dissentwhile adopting symbols and discourses of the global far right,” the journalist said when asked by PERFIL about the president’s actions, questioning his arguments.
In a later article, the communicator pointed out that Milei “pursued a strategy that…” combines authoritarianism, persecution and social manipulation “to consolidate a deeply undemocratic project that endangers coexistence and rights in Argentina.”
Lantos pointed out “double staff” between the disqualifications and the president’s language. A few months later, on October 9, the court ruled in his favor and he was fired based on a ruling that suggested that one of the symbols mentioned by the communicator was actually related to Nazism, which is why the Argentine president must now pay more than 5 million pesos.
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