2024-05-24 11:11:36
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The ministerial decree ordering the withdrawal of the approvals of Djoma TV, Djoma FM, Espace FM, Candy FM and FIM FM is against the law and should be annulled.
In accordance with the provisions of article 45 chapter
“A license or authorization could solely be withdrawn within the occasion of great breaches of the necessities and obligations relating particularly to:
- circumstances of violation of nationwide protection necessities;
non-compliance with important commitments, particularly the institution of networks or the supply of providers throughout the deadlines prescribed within the specs;
Case of unjustified interruption of service provision.
“Within the absence of specs, when there was no deployment of networks and/or launch of providers, the license or authorization in addition to the uncommon sources connected to it, could also be withdrawn inside one (1) 12 months following the granting of the license,” the doc reads.
Additional, the legislation signifies that the withdrawal is pronounced by the Ministry in command of Telecommunications/ICT, on proposal or after session with the Regulatory Authority.
“The withdrawal is justified and notified in writing to the holder not less than six months for the license and three months for the authorization earlier than its efficient date. The holder could then file an attraction or lodge an attraction earlier than the executive chamber of the Supreme Courtroom.”
Consequently, Order A/2024/686/MIC/CAB/SGG/ withdrawing approvals for installations and operations of personal radio and tv stations within the Republic of Guinea is an unlawful and illegitimate act.
“Nobody is obliged to obey an unjust and manifestly unlawful legislation. »
The decree of Minister Fana Soumah is a violation of human rights and the Constitution of the Transition within the Republic of Guinea.
“Basic rights and freedoms are acknowledged and their train is assured to residents beneath the circumstances and types offered for by legislation.
No distinctive or emergency state of affairs should justify violations of human rights,” in accordance with Article 8 of the Constitution.
Additional, article 19 states: “Each particular person has the precise to acquire info freely and to be told. »
Subsequently, the unjustified closure of a media outlet thus removes the inhabitants’s proper to info.
Article 24 of the identical transition constitution states that: “Freedom of enterprise is assured. »
Substantive and formal defects.
In view of the violations noticed, the media whose authorizations have been withdrawn should problem the decree of Minister Fana Soumah earlier than the Supreme Courtroom for extra of energy.
As Cicero, Latin politician and orator, stated: “The nearer the collapse of an empire, the crazier its legal guidelines”
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