Livre MP Rui Tavares said this Monday that “it may be necessary to save the Global Media Group (GMG)” and that the group’s journalists and workers are fighting for democracy by protecting their jobs.
At the end of a visit to the editorial office of the Jornal de Notícias magazine in Porto, one of the publications owned by GMG, which brings together TSF, O Jogo, Diário de Noticias, Açoriano Occidental and others, Rui Tavares said that the Portuguese state “in various aspects” has a “responsibility preserve” the constitutional values that are at stake in the crisis facing the group.
According to Livre’s sole deputy, the situation facing GMG, with the threat of laying off more than 200 workers and closing media outlets, is an “emergency” that must be recognized.
“We all need to be aware of the moment of emergency that we are experiencing. How did the country know how to be aware of the emergency situation that the country was in during the pandemic, how the banks were saved, how TAP was saved, well, it could be It is necessary to save the Global Media Group,” defended Rui Tavares.
According to the leader of Livre, the government cannot “wait to write an obituary for these newspapers, these radios, this media group, because if it is necessary to carry out temporary nationalization, then so be it.” [feita]with an independent management committee, talk to the board of rectors, foundations, whoever, to ensure that there is no government intervention, but there will be a rescue.”
According to the representative of Livre, “it is the heroism of these workers, as well as journalists (…) who fight for what every worker fights for, for their way of life, for the food on their plate (…) but They fight for all of us and draw attention to the problem of democracy.”
In this fight, said Rui Tavares, the state has a role to play: “The Portuguese state in its various aspects, the judiciary, in the complaint it has already submitted to the Ministry of Justice, filed by the Union of Journalists, the public relations regulator, which is obliged know who is the effective holder and ultimate beneficiary of the property of the media group and, ultimately, the government itself, which, despite being in control, is obliged to preserve constitutional values and which has a set of tools that should be used,” he listed .
Among them, he noted, “The Commission of Inquiry in this Parliament, which will be dissolved this week, will no longer be available in time, but in the next legislature Livre will certainly be among those who want this Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry to exist.”
At the same time, JN union delegate Augusto Correia recalled the group’s general strike, which will take place on Wednesday: a meeting is planned for 9:00 near the JN in Porto, another at 14:00 in front of the JN building. Tower”, in Gonçalo Cristovan, for a “walk” to Avenida dos Aliados.
The Union of Journalists presented a strike notice between 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm on Wednesday: “We call on all journalists to join us on Avenida dos Aliados, as well as everyone who wants to defend JN and democracy,” explained Augusto Correia.
In Lisbon, workers will gather at 9:00 on the steps of the Assembly of the Republic, where the Minister of Culture will give evidence to the Committee for Culture and Communications about the situation at GMG, and will later meet again at 2:00. 00:00 near the group’s headquarters.
GMG workers have yet to receive their Christmas bonus or December pay, while employees with a green check received their October pay in January.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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