In the capital city of Santo Domingo, a major media organization has escalated a long-running frequency dispute to the highest level of Dominican government, calling on executive intervention to defend its legally recognized operating rights. Telemicro Media Group has publicly asked President Luis Abinader to step into the conflict surrounding the use of television Channel 3, pressing authorities to implement long-standing judicial rulings and secure the company’s legal claim to the broadcast frequency.
In its official public statement, the media group delivered sharp criticism of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (INDOTEL) and its governing board, which is headed by Guido Gómez Mazara. Telemicro accuses the national telecom regulator of unlawful inaction, claiming the body has refused to enforce binding court orders and has permitted unapproved third-party companies to occupy the Channel 3 frequency even amid explicit judicial restrictions barring such use.
According to Telemicro’s position, multiple successive court decisions—including landmark rulings from both the Superior Administrative Court and the Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic—have formally recognized the company’s full ownership rights to Channel 3, a status that dates back to 1994. Despite this decades-long legal recognition, INDOTEL’s 2025 Resolution 027-25 has left the status of the frequency unresolved, keeping the dispute open pending a final ruling even as outside firms including Fransyl SRL have laid claims to control of the channel.
Beyond its criticism of the regulator’s inaction, Telemicro has publicly denounced repeated violations of court orders by external parties seeking to seize control of the frequency. The company has also raised questions about the root of INDOTEL’s failure to act, asking whether the regulator’s lack of enforcement stems from institutional negligence or deliberate bias favoring the competing claimants. Echoing President Abinader’s own public commitment to the principle that “no one is above the law,” Telemicro has called on national authorities to uphold legal certainty and enforce existing regulatory and judicial frameworks to bring an end to the ongoing dispute.