Επιστολή
του προέδρου της ΚΟ του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ, Αλέξη Τσίπρα προς τον πρόεδρο του Ευρωπαϊκού
Κοινοβουλίου, Μάρτιν Σουλτς, με την οποία τον καλεί να μεσολαβήσει στο να
συνεχιστεί η υπηρεσία παροχής δορυφορικής κάλυψης στα προγράμματα των
εργαζομένων της ΕΡΤ

 

 

 

Athens October 18, 2013

 

To: Honorable President of the European Parliament,
Mr. Martin Schultz

Cc: SES ASTRA

 

Dear President,

We were informed, that the Deputy Minister of Radio and Television
Broadcasting of the Hellenic Republic, Mr Kapsis has formally requested the
termination of granting the satellite capacity, which is required for the
broadcasting of the ERT employees programs (NET and ET3 channels), something
which is out of his jurisdiction.

We firmly believe that such a request should be rejected  for a number of reasons, associated with the
defense of democracy, the freedom of speech and the respect of the contracts
between POSPERT (as the legal representative of ERT employees) and SES ASTRA.

More concretely:

 

1. On June 11th,
   2013, the Greek Government, with an entirely unprecedented decision
   terminated the operation of Hellenic Public Broadcasting Organization
   (ERT), generating a massive outcry in national and international outcry.
   We should also mention that there is an appeal against that decision,
   which is still pending before the plenary of Supreme Abrogative Court of
   the Hellenic Republic. Since then, the employees of ERT continue to
   produce full TV and radio program on a completely voluntarily basis, which
   receives a wide acceptance from the Greek audience.
2. The Greek
   Government has attempted to establish an improvised TV channel (the so-called
   “Public Television) which is already discredited by the audience as a
   biased, pro-government entity, serving and promoting the government s
   position. For this reason, not even one of the political parties of the
   opposition have accepted the participate in the broadcastings.
3. An interruption
   of the satellite transmission of NET and ET3 broadcasting, through the
   ASTRA 23.5E (ASTRA 3 B) satellite, will silent any alternative political
   voice, which disagrees with the government, not only in Greece but also
   for the Greek speaking audience abroad.

 For all these reasons, and while still expecting the final decision from
the Council of the State, we request your institutional intervention in order
to maintain the the provision of satellite capacity for the ERT employees
program.

The President  of SYRIZA

 Alexis Tsipras