3\/4\/2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A circular\nwas issued by the General Secretariat for the Council of Ministers directed to\nall public institutions and provinces that provides the urge to purchase the\nissues of Alsabah daily public newspaper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\ncircular comes at a time when all press bodies are suffering from stagnation\nand are under a rising financial crisis because of the absence of any kind of\nlegal protection or support. In addition to mismanagement of resources and\nfinance. The policy of distributing advertisement that are considered a main\ntributary for any press body also needs reconsideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the\ntime that press freedom advocacy association expresses its discontent towards\nthis directive, it affirms that this procedure is against constitution and is\nconsidered a violation since the government interferes with supporting and\nfinancing public press unlike independent bodies that suffer from poor\nresources once compared with the explosive budgets of the public financed media\nbodies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nAssociation points out that the embargo imposed by the government upon\nindependent media bodies resulted in diminishing their impact and minimizing\ntheir role. Especially that public departments refrain from publishing their\nads through them, and many departments and public institutions exclusively publish\nin Alsabah public journal. At this point\nand after 15 years of adapting the post dictator political system, it is quite\nevident that the policy of marginalization of independent media remains to\nprevail through many practices and norms. In spite the fact that the latter is\nthe most evident aspect of democracy in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nassociation affirms that Iraqi Media Network that is financed by the federal\nbudget, suffers from the government absorbing policy that leaves it reflecting\nsolely the governmental direction and opinion thus it witnessed permanent\nchanges in management and staff accordingly that reflected partisan whims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nassociation urges COM to reconsider the circular and to enjoy the courage to\nissue laws that would secure the prosperity of independent media bodies by\nbeing nourished with ads in addition that Commission for Media and\nCommunications applies its funding policy that is supposed to cover independent\nmedia to save what remains of the fourth authority in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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