CARACAS, Wednesday May 23, 2007 | Update
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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