December
27, 2007
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq',--,
Iraq's Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani
said on Thursday that the government supported the
Journalists' syndicate to enact a modern regulating
law.
“The region’s government set to support the
syndicate and not to interfere in its affairs in
order to enact a modern law regulating press and
contributing in boosting freedom by making use of
global experiences,”www.ekurd.net
Barzani spoke in a
speech delivered at the
second conference
of Kurdistan’s journalists in Erbil, the Iraqi
Kurdistan's capital on Thursday.
He added “the government’s support appeared clear
when the region’s president Massoud Barzani refused
ratification the press law and returned it to the
parliament for further serious debates”.
Journalists in Kurdistan region opposed a press law
recently passed by the region parliament and was
pending the final approval of Kurdistan President
Massoud Barzani.
Two weeks ago, a syndicate delegation, led by Firhad
Awni, the head of the syndicate, had visited the
region's President Massoud Barazani, who vowed not
to sign the new press law and to return it to the
Kurdish parliament for further consideration. |
Nechirvan Barzani, Prime
Minister of
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) |
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