GOSS VP acknowledges need for press law Friday, 25 February 2011 19:13 Sudan >>> Vice President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS), Riak Machar Teny, has described the absence of a press law in southern Sudan as making the region susceptible to anarchy, observing that some people would readily take advantage of the situation. Machar spoke as a two-day consultative conference on a free and independent press in South Sudan kicked off in Juba, Friday.
"There is nothing to fear of the media. There would be no reason to protect somebody who is corrupt, no reason to protect somebody who misuses power, or arrests people outside what is provided in the law," Machar observed. GoSS Information Minister Benjamin Marial told the forum that the media bill was currently being studied at the ministry of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development. He said it will be tabled at the South Sudan Legislative Assembly and passed into law before July. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
