The National Association of Journalists of Bolivia and the country’s nine regional journalist associations have strongly rejected Bill No. 007/2024-2025, warning it seeks to impose disguised mechanisms of control and censorship on the media under the pretext of ensuring electoral integrity.
The proposed law, currently under discussion in the Senate, is titled “Integrity and Public Ethics in Electoral Processes.” It would require media outlets to submit weekly reports to the Plurinational Electoral Body (OEP) and apply subjective standards such as “accuracy,” “equity,” and “truthfulness” to news content—criteria that journalists say leave room for arbitrary interpretation and rights violations.
‘Having public officials evaluate and control news content is a direct attack on media independence and the press’s role in informing the public,’ the journalist associations warned.
