Senate Approves Telecommunications Law; It's San Lázaro's Turn

Leonor Guadalupe Torres Alarcon


Mexico City. The Senate approved the new Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law tonight, following a heated debate between Morena, the PAN, and the PRI.


The new law focuses on a social approach to the use of the radio spectrum, guarantees internet access for those living in marginalized areas, and strengthens Indigenous and Afro-Mexican community media, for which new funding mechanisms will be available.


The ruling on President Claudia Sheinbaum's initiative was practically restructured with substantive changes made based on proposals from concessionaires and experts.


This regulatory legislation, which creates the Agency for Digital Transformation and Telecommunications (ATDT) as the new regulatory authority for the sector, replacing the Federal Telecommunications Institute (Ifetel), which is currently being phased out, was approved with 77 votes in favor from Morena, the Workers' Party (PT), the PVEM (PVEM), and the MC (MC), and 30 votes against from the PRI and PAN.


The article that allowed the ATDT to take digital platforms off the air was eliminated.


During a debate lasting more than three hours, which turned into confrontation, PRI and PAN members maintained that censorship should remain in place because the law is an instrument of control. These arguments were repeated repeatedly, mixed with insults and disqualifications directed at Morena legislators.









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