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Top court dismisses RCTV petition to avoid closure

In a ruling drafted by justice Evelyn Marrero Ortiz, the Political-Administrative Court, Supreme Tribunal of Justice, dismissed a petition for precautionary measures filed by private television station RCTV.

However, the Political-Administrative Court upheld RCTV legal action seeking annulment of resolution 002 and official communication 0424, both issued by the People's Power Ministry of Telecommunications and IT, the top court reported on this official website.
 
RCTV requested the court to dictate measures to protect the TV channel constitutional rights, as well as precautionary measures against resolution 002 and official communication 0424.

On Tuesday, the Chair of TSJ, Justice Luisa Estella Morales Lamuño told local TV channel Venevisión that the Political-Administrative Court of TSJ would solve the contentious action regarding RCTV. The ruling this court issued on Wednesday ratifies its jurisdiction over this case.

According to the news release issued by TSJ, Justice Morales reminded that RCTV submitted three issues in one single contentious administrative action seeking annulment of resolution 002 and official communication 0424 -issued by the People's Power Ministry of Telecommunications and IT. She added that the three issues had to be solved, including the petition for precautionary measures to protect constitutional rights and the petition for the effects of such resolutions to be suspended.


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