Hence, he said, to support his accusation, Moreira exhibited a copy of the sentence that exonerates him in Spain, this, in the opinion of Olea Contró, was the evidence that demonstrated the intention of the REFORMA Group columnist to damage the image of the former Governor.
Although the Supreme Court has established that politicians have a higher threshold of tolerance for criticism, the magistrate responded that he used a new criterion.
“The Court establishes that for the moral damage that involves journalists and public figures, which consists in examining not only what is mentioned in the journalistic information that is not verified, but that the information provided to the reader has been done in an effort to harm” , said.
Finally, he noted that, in order to circumvent the conviction, Aguayo had to dismiss himself through another column and present it during the trial or, also at the hearings. “What I want to say is that this problem would have been avoided by just giving up, just that thing, not even apologizing. Leaving the sentence was the time, but it didn’t,” he said.
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