Hmm... Refreshing to hear this.... Hope this time, its for REAL.... - SUNALIE RATNAYAKE - Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said that the Government would ensure full media freedom to the journalists to fulfill their duties. Those who used thuggery and involved in the murder of journalists, torturing and threatening them to leave the country will be severely dealt with. Soon after President Maithripala Sirisenas victory, I appealed to all media personnel who had left the country to come back and join hands with us. This is a new country. Now there is democracy and media freedom in the country so that anybody can criticise us. Nobody should be scared because there wont be any ‘phone-tapping hereafter. Nobody will be followed by the NIB. There will be no more interference with the political or social figures except in the context of the countrys security and nothing else. The State media will be made independent under the present Government. All parties will be given an opportunity in the state media to express their opinion. The Government would ensure the right to information through an Act that will be passed in Parliament soon. This would pave the way for the journalists to have access to any transaction of any Minister. sundayobserver.lk/2015/01/18/pol03.asp
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 08:16:15 +0000
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