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2010-10-03
Consultative seminar in the House of Representatives discussed the role of media in the political process
بغداد ( إيبا ).. BAGHDAD (Iba)
The symposium discussed the ninth consultative meeting on Sunday, the House of Representatives building the participation of Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi and the number of deputies in the current session and previous and representatives of civil society organizations, academics and journalists, the role of media in the political process.
At the outset of the symposium, Dr. Sami Al Shati member of the civil initiative to preserve the Constitution that the expression of opinion, and access to information Kvlhma the Constitution, but the problem we had was the previous legislation in force so far in this area, which is described as the silent other sound.
The Secretary of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, Saadi seven it was stated that the media has seen after 2003, a big mess, calling for a legal framework and reference professional will prepare legislation for the media, expressing his regret that the passage of a law of journalism and the Law to Protect Journalists also criticized the work of some media organizations which he considered as trading with the blood of journalists and has suspicious relations with external organizations and demanded that it be for the government and Parliament a say in this area.
For her part, Hanaa Edwar, a member of the civil initiative to preserve the Constitution that the plurality of information are important in the delivery of information and express their convictions and influence people and encourage them to think, demanding an end to physical assault on journalists and the phenomenon of murder of workers in this field Viissal information to the public is entitled to protection, and development of the capacities of media .
The President of the Iraqi Association for Defending the rights of journalists Ibrahim OS on the Penal Code is so far the reference in dealing with the press work while it is not consistent with the constitution, expressing that the attacks on journalists are not condemned by the authorities concerned are required.
In turn, the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate pro-Lami, the need to differentiate between a slide journalists and writers by some officials and controls certain when granting armor slide to journalists, as well as to take into account efficiency when appointing directors to media institutions of the state.
Lami and focused on the role played by the Iraqi media in the consolidation of democracy in a specific time period, expressing optimism that international standards are the basis for the work of the press in the next stage and ending the phenomenon of tension between members of the press and workers in the field of security.
For his part, the director of the Center free media Majid Al Kaabi journalists that the suffering lies in the delivery of information and not get it, Mnwahabaeraqil facing the other when the establishment of satellite channels and radio stations in the CMC.
The Director of the Media Centre Tariq Al-Adli, stressed the need to form a network for the control of the media to make it in its proper place, especially the state media and do not know the impact of the scaled, and through the preparation of reports bi-monthly.
Then Deputy President Adel Abdul-Mahdi, that the media of the most important authorities, because she is moving in the area of other authorities, indicating that the visual media has achieved remarkable progress, while the print media and audio-no progress is required, and saw Dr. Adel Abdul-Mahdi, that the State does not need to be her and the media belonging to it, but it is better to have coordination with the media to explain their programs.
It is scheduled to be held on Monday the tenth consultative meeting to complete the discussion of the role of media in the political process, and announced based on the conduct of the Symposium, the President will attend the seminar tomorrow.
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