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March 30

“Mass Media” Association and Regional TV Radio Broadcasters Association issued a joint statement regarding the emergency conditions for electronic media outlets

 

“Mass Media” Association and Regional TV Radio Broadcasters Association issued a joint statement regarding the emergency conditions for electronic media outlets in Kyrgzystan. “The recent events showed that state-controlled electronic media in the country are fully inadequate. At most the emergency conditions were caused by the information vacuum, covering all Kyrgyzstan citizens. Bishkek residents had to learn news from foreign sources, furthermore, the regions appeared to be blocked in terms of information, which allowed to manipulate people’s consciousness,” statement says. The Association proposed the following:

- suspend Decree of the State Committee on Frequencies Distribution, which was about selling frequencies at the auction

- establish a public tender committee, which is to decide on frequencies’ distribution

- develop a legal framework, for more control be granted to the community over the National TV and Radio Broadcasting Corporation and to change its status to the Public Television and Radio.

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