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The

Peruvian Press Council

has demanded public explanations from the

Prosecutor

's Office and the

Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC)

after the "searching and unlocking of the premises where the

Radio PBO transmitter is located."

The institutional action took by surprise the rectors of the radio station, closely linked to the Willax television channel, which manifests itself in open opposition to the government of Pedro Castillo.

"They are not going to shut us up! It is a clear revenge. PBO has been censored but will continue to fight," warned

Phillip Butters,

one of its most influential journalists, who justified the operation of the Prosecutor's Office (independent in Peru) in the investigations that were carried out. They continue against the Peruvian president, even in the repetition of the first international interview conducted by

CNN

with

Castillo.

"The president has eaten an international piece of paper in double issues," Butters said.

Radio PBO belongs to the son of

former Lima mayor Ricardo Belmont, who before the

impeachment

attempt

against Castillo became a presidential adviser, but whose appointment was reversed just a few hours later.

The controversy began when a group of officials and police officers went to the offices of the radio station in

Chorrillos (Lima)

to seize the telecommunications equipment with judicial authorization.

It was the latest in a chain of actions carried out by the MTC against the company for "broadcasting the FM radio signal

without having the current authorization

granted by the Ministry."

A

pirate radio,

as they call it in Peru.

The Peruvian Press Council recognized these irregularities, which violate the

Radio and Television Law.

"Radio PBO does not have a license to operate. However, we question the opportunity and the moment in which the Prosecutor's Office has carried out this process. The radio in question had not had a license for several years. Therefore,

the question remains as to why why no action was taken when appropriate

and rather it is decided to close an opposition line radio at this time", sentenced the Press Council.

According to the MTC, the radio license had expired in 2019, "and a crime of aggravated theft of the radio-electronic spectrum would be committed."

For its part, the

Association of Journalists of Peru

considered that "this is a terrible sign against freedom of the press and expression that, unfortunately, is replicated to the detriment of journalists and communicators, who are threatened and harassed by political and economic powers, when their interests are affected by the exercise of an independent press".

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