Ministry of Information Presents Three Draft Laws for Deliberation

The Ministry of Culture and Information has presented three draft laws related to the media sector, which were presented at a press conference at the ministry on Monday by the Minister of Culture and Information, Hamza Ballol, to journalists for deliberation through their various platforms.

He said that the law bills for reviewing the policies and the media sector in Sudan are now passing through the legislative stage of general discussion, which is the most important step in preparation for their approval as laws in their final form.

Ballol called on all media organs to work seriously in order to accomplish a media law that complies with the spirit of the glorious December revolution and its slogans of freedom, peace and justice and bolsters the general freedoms.

The Minister of Culture and Information indicated that delegations from the concerned authorities will make a wide tour to all the states in order to inform about the three laws that have been prepared so far, in addition to two other technical laws that are being prepared.

The minister has welcomed any proposals or recommendations to be submitted by all media organs regarding enhancement oof the draft laws, calling on all the media institutions to work on holding workshops to discuss and expose these bills for improving them prior to ratifying them by the legislature.

He said that all the capabilities of his ministry will be put for the service of media cadres, training them and raising their capabilities through the concerned institutions of the ministry, “Sudan Academy of Communication Sciences”, noting that his ministry is keen to work for finding a salary structure and allowances that are suitable for journalists to enable them to perform their role in the best way.

The minister revealed that the government spokesperson’s platform will be launched on August 17, to mark the launch of the information flow process to enable the citizen to witness the development process and the government performance in all fields.