MEXICO CITY — Rubén Moreira Valdez, the legislative coordinator for Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), has issued a sharp warning regarding proposed audience rights guidelines, accusing the governing Morena party of attempting to build an authoritarian regime similar to Nicaragua’s.
Speaking on his broadcast program Con Peras, Manzanas y Naranjas, alongside political analyst Mario Di Costanzo and lawyer Miguel Ángel Sulub Caamal, Moreira argued that the ruling party is seeking to establish strict control over the information accessible to the Mexican public.
“Morena is constructing a dictatorship like Nicaragua’s; that is what they are doing,” Moreira stated, cautioning that the proposed regulatory framework could easily become an official censorship tool. According to the PRI lawmaker, the regulations would empower the government to determine which news stories are “true,” “false,” or “taken out of context,” effectively deciding what broadcast and digital content citizens are allowed to consume.
Legal expert Miguel Ángel Sulub emphasized during the discussion that audience rights affect the entire population across print, broadcast, and online platforms. Sulub warned that the proposed rules threaten three fundamental rights: the right to information, freedom of expression, and the free dissemination of ideas. He also raised concerns over potential government monitoring of individual social media posts, describing surveillance as a classic authoritarian tactic used to harass and silence critical voices.
Echoing these warnings, Mario Di Costanzo characterized the measure as a “Stalinist gag law,” asserting that while the country is unprepared for a dictatorship, Mexico is steadily moving toward one.
The accusations reflect growing friction between opposition figures and the Morena administration over state oversight, press freedom, and public regulation of media platforms.
Source: Sol Yucatan
