Executive
control over Venezuela’s state-owned media channel ANTV will be
transferred to the hands of workers, President of the National
Assembly Diosdado Cabello announced on Tuesday.
"Starting
right now, you will be your own bosses,” Cabello announced, in
what is seen by many as a countermeasure to threats by right-wing
lawmakers to displace the public station with private media outlets.
The
announcement comes as right-wing legislator Henry Ramos insinuated
during an interview with CNN Spanish that there would be a shift in
ANTV’s editorial coverage.
Sometimes
described as Venezuela's version of CSPAN, ANTV is a public
broadcaster that largely focuses on coverage of the country’s
National Assembly.
Meanwhile,
workers from the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel)
responded to the threats by issuing a press release on Tuesday.
“Moving forward, we demand those who are in control of the
National Assembly to respect the Venezuelan people, their
institutions, workers, and maintain dialogue and democratic debate,”
the statement read.
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