The non-renewal of the broadcasting license to private TV channel RCTV by the Venezuelan Government should not be reconsidered, said Minister of Telecommunications and IT Jesse Chacón.

"From the practical legal standpoint, it is actually impossible," he said.

In an interview with Unión Radio, Chacón claimed that RCTV board of directors sent a setter last January to his office and the communication was answered around one month ago. "We told that the relevant legal mechanism available has expired and will not be renewed. From the administrative point of view, this process is closed."

The official, however, said the Executive Branch is waiting for a judiciary ruling on an action RCTV filed with the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) seeking nullification of the Venezuelan Government's refusal to renew the broadcasting license.
 
"TSJ, particularly the Political-Administrative Court, now has to rule on whether the state or government move complies with the Constitution -and we are certain it does- or if RCTV allegations are sufficient to nullify the order issued by the People's Power Ministry of Telecommunications and IT," Chacón explained.

"The Venezuelan state issued a license (to RCTV) to operate a public domain asset for 20 years, and the only thing the state has to do is provide a rationale (for non-renewal of the license), and the reason is quite simple. The state is telling RCTV the license will not be renewed because in this radiofrequency I am going to develop a model much more open than the one you are broadcasting."