Pedro Nuno Santos admits to being worried about difficulties in social communication

Socialist Party Secretary General Pedro Nuno Santos said this Friday that he is “deeply concerned” by widespread difficulties in the media, a sector “essential for the healthy functioning” of democracy.

“This business [situação que se vive no Global Media Group (GMG) detentora de títulos como o JN, O Jogo ou TSF] This is a case that deeply concerns us, and not only this, but also the general difficulties that exist in social communication. Social communication is essential for the healthy functioning of our democracy and our rule of law,” said the Socialist leader at the end of his visit to the CEiiA – Center for Design and Development in Matosinhos, Porto district.

Answering a question from journalists about how to support the sector, Pedro Nuno Santos realized that “there will be time” to address this issue, which he intends to discuss with the media and their professionals.

The goal is to find the best way for the state to play a “very important role in ensuring the health of social communications,” he explained, without intervening.

Believing that this was an important topic, Pedro Nuno Santos ensured that it would be addressed in his election platform.

In an internal statement on December 6, the Global Media group’s executive committee announced that it would urgently negotiate redundancies with 150 to 200 workers and embark on a restructuring it said was necessary to avoid the company’s “more than foreseeable bankruptcy.” group “.

According to two published statements, plenary meetings of workers of Jornal de Notícias (JN) and the sports company O Jogo decided on Thursday to activate the suspension of labor contracts due to non-payment of salaries.

The day before, the unions of journalists (SJ) and workers in manufacturing, energy and environmental activities of the North (SITE-Norte) filed a complaint with the Office of Labor Conditions (ACT) due to non-payment of wages to GMG. .