{"id":18439,"date":"2023-05-03T15:23:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T09:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=18439"},"modified":"2023-05-03T15:23:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T09:38:42","slug":"speaker-ghimire-pledges-to-hold-dialogue-with-stakeholders-on-mass-communications-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=18439","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Ghimire pledges to hold dialogue with stakeholders on Mass Communications Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">KATHMANDU &#8211; Speaker Devraj Ghimire has pledged to hold a dialogue with all organisations advocating press freedom and freedom of expression, and stakeholders on the Mass Communications Bill that is in the parliament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While extending his best wishes to all media-persons on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, he also vowed to make the Bill effective and formulate press-friendly laws.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The Bill designed to make Nepali press manageable, professional and dignified is currently under consideration in the parliament. I on behalf of the parliament promise to organise talks with the organisations advocating press freedom and freedom of expression to make the Bill effective and legislate press friendly laws.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saying that the issue of press freedom is equally important to all citizens, not only for media-persons and media houses, he underscored that press freedom should be taken a part of freedom of expression, and any sort of restrictions on press in democracy was not acceptable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Praising it for its &#8216;unforgettable&#8217; role in establishing democracy in the country, the Speaker said the press has been accepted as the Fourth Estate in a democratic country as it acts as a watchdog of all three state organs- the legislature, executive and judiciary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU &#8211; Speaker Devraj Ghimire has pledged to hold a dialogue with all organisations advocating press freedom and freedom of expression, and stakeholders on the Mass Communications Bill that is in the parliament. 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