The President of Cnmc Who Will Control Media Was Sánchez's Cabinet Advisor

The Government continues its pursuit of critical media like EDATV. The Council of Ministers has given the green light this Tuesday to a Draft Bill aimed at strengthening democratic governance in digital services and media.

This new regulation assigns responsibility to the National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC). It will be in charge of supervising and managing a mandatory media registry.

This registry must include details about their owners, including first and last names. In addition to information about their shareholders, sources of funding and precise data about their audience.

Additionally, the law sets limits on the funding that public administrations can grant to the press, radio and television. All with one goal: to prevent the concentration of power within the sector.

Óscar López has been responsible for announcing that they want to transpose European directives on Media Freedom and the Digital Rights Charter.

The Government's Best-Kept Secret

The current president of the CNMC held the position of advisor in the Cabinet of the Presidency of the Government between March and June 2020. Subsequently, she was appointed as the head of the regulatory body.

She is Cani Fernández.

The truth is that this appointment was at least controversial. It happened after the lawyer left La Moncloa.

Cani, from Zaragoza, was an advisor to Moncloa after being recruited by Iván Redondo's team. Who was Pedro Sánchez's chief of staff and strategy. Cani's recruitment as an advisor took place in February 2020.

In June of that same year, Cani Fernández was appointed president of the CNMC.

In fact, on the president's LinkedIn profile, she still keeps her past as an advisor in the Cabinet of the Presidency.

Now, the body presided over by the former advisor of Sánchez's Cabinet of the Presidency will decide what is a pseudo-media and what is not.

Sanctions

The draft bill also establishes a sanctioning regime to ensure compliance with obligations in digital services. All with fines ranging from 30,000 euros for minor infractions. Up to reaching 6% of the offender's annual global turnover for very serious infractions.