PCM-023-2022
Poder Ejecutivo
- Decree: PCM-023-2022
- Published: September 19, 2022
- Issuing body: Poder Ejecutivo
- Gazette: 36,031
- Category: Administrative
Summary
This decree creates the General Directorate of Government Information and Press to coordinate all official communications in Honduras. The directorate will plan communication strategies, monitor media and social networks, produce advertising content, contract advertising placements, and coordinate all press offices of the government to inform the public about state actions.
Considerations
Whereas Article 1 of the Constitution of the Republic establishes that Honduras is a state of law, sovereign, constituted as a free, democratic and independent Republic to ensure to its inhabitants the enjoyment of justice, freedom, culture and economic and social well-being.
Whereas in accordance with Article 245, numerals 2, 11, 19, 30 and 45 of the Constitution of the Republic, it corresponds to the President of the Republic, among other powers, to direct the General Policy of the State and represent it; to issue Agreements, Decrees, issue Regulations and Resolutions in accordance with the Law.
Whereas in accordance with what is established in Article 11 of the General Law of Public Administration, the President of the Republic is responsible for the supreme direction and coordination of the centralized and decentralized Public Administration. The President of the Republic in the exercise of her functions may act alone or in Cabinet Council.
Whereas by Executive Decree Number PCM 05-2022 of the sixth (06) of April of two thousand twenty-two (2022), published in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta" in its Edition Number 35,892, the Secretariat of State in the Office of Strategic Planning (SPE) was created, in its capacity as the governing institution of the National System of Social and Economic Development Planning of Honduras, being necessary for the proper development of its functions to create a General Directorate of Information and Press of the Government of the Republic.
Whereas this Directorate shall be responsible for carrying out the actions of the Government of the Republic in matters of information and communication, oriented toward governmental objectives and goals, informing the general public of the actions of the State, producing and contracting advertising content and materials of communication and press.
Articles
The General Directorate of Information and Press of the Government of the Republic is hereby created as an organ of the Central Administration attached to the Secretariat of State in the Office of Strategic Planning (SPE). Its head shall be of free appointment and removal by the Presidency of the Republic.
The General Directorate of Information and Press shall have the following functions: i. To elaborate and plan the information and press strategy of the Government of the Republic. ii. To periodically conduct a diagnosis and evaluation of the resources and capabilities of all organs and departments of the Government in matters of communication and social networks to coordinate actions and rationalize their use. iii. To permanently monitor and diagnose all conventional and alternative media operating in the country, as well as social networks operating in the country. For this purpose, it may conduct or contract measurements, surveys, opinion studies or other necessary technical means. iv. To elaborate an annual plan of media, press and networks in accordance with the general policies of the Government of the Republic. v. To produce, elaborate or contract the production of all inputs, advertising content and communication and press materials to be used in the Government of the Republic's communication strategy. vi. To execute contracts for the engagement of advertising placements with advertising agencies, conventional or alternative media, whether natural or legal persons, national or foreign, all under the rules of the Government of the Republic's communication strategy. vii. All organs, units or offices of communication or public relations of the Executive Branch shall have their activities coordinated by the General Directorate of Information and Press based on the strategic communication action plan of the Government of the Republic, providing them with the information, inputs and materials that are necessary. viii. To elaborate a program to maintain permanent communication with all media that cover the governmental source or that request official information from the Government, in order to improve the timeliness, quality, veracity and reliability of the information provided to them. ix. To conduct daily monitoring and analysis of the different news items related to the actions of the Government of the Republic, disseminated in national and international media, conventional or alternative, including social networks, for the purpose of obtaining complete and verifiable information and providing prompt and timely response. x. To maintain direct communication with the authorities of the National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) for the management of national radio and television chains. xi. To coordinate together with CONATEL authorities the inventory of radio stations, television stations, printed and digital newspapers, as well as all content managed on the country's social networks.
The Secretariat of Finance shall provide the necessary funds for the operation of the General Directorate of Strategic Communication of the Government through the Secretariat of State in the Office of Strategic Planning (SPE).
This Executive Decree shall be immediately effective and shall be published in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta". Given at Presidential House, in the city of Tegucigalpa, municipality of the Central District, on the 16th day of the month of September of two thousand twenty-two (2022). LET IT BE COMMUNICATED AND PUBLISHED. IRIS XIOMARA CASTRO SARMIENTO PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC RODOLFO PASTOR DE MARÍA CAMPOS SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY JOSÉ CARLOS CARDONA ERAZO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT RIXI RAMONA MONCADA GODOY SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF FINANCE TOMÁS EDUARDO VAQUERO MORRIS SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF GOVERNANCE, JUSTICE AND DECENTRALIZATION EDUARDO ENRIQUE REINA GARCÍA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ÁNGEL EDMUNDO ORELLANA MERCADO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF TRANSPARENCY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION RICARDO ARTURO SALGADO BONILLA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING PEDRO JOSÉ BARQUERO TERCERO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DORIS YOLANI GARCÍA PAREDES SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS RAMÓN ANTONIO SABILLÓN PINEDA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF SECURITY JOSÉ MANUEL ZELAYA ROSALES SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DEFENSE JOSÉ MANUEL MATHEU AMAYA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF HEALTH LUCKY HALACH MEDINA ESTRADA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT DANIEL ENRIQUE ESPONDA VELÁSQUEZ SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION MELINA NATALIE ROQUE SANDOVAL SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAURA ELENA SUAZO TORRES SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK ERICK MEDARDO TEJADA CARBAJAL SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF ENERGY MAURICIO ANTONIO RAMOS SUAZO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION LESLY SARAHÍ CERNA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY YADIRA ESTHER GÓMEZ CHAVARRÍA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF TOURISM GLORIA ANNARELLA VÉLEZ OSEJO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF CULTURES, ARTS AND HERITAGE OF THE PEOPLES OF HONDURAS OCTAVIO JOSÉ PINEDA PAREDES SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WATER AND SANITATION PABLO RAMÓN SOTO BONILLA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND NATIONAL CONTINGENCIES (COPECO) FABIOLA CLAUDETT ABUDOJ MENA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND MONITORING OF PROJECTS AND AGREEMENTS
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