[HCDX] Maoist FM radio to be legalized: Mahara

["Zacharias Liangas " <greekdx@xxxxxxxxx>]

 Maoist FM radio to be legalized: Mahara
http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=105435
Kantipur Report

KATHMANDU, April 3 - The government on Monday said it would bring 
the five Maoist-run FM radio stations under the jurisdiction of existing 
broadcasting law. However, the government is not clear who will own 
the stations used by the Maoists to disseminate their propaganda 
during wartime.

"[They] will be legalized," Minister for Information and Communications 
Krishna Bahadur Mahara told a delegation from the Federation of 
Nepalese Journalists (FNJ).

When asked about the ownership of the Maoist FM stations, he 
appeared confused. At one point he said, "All the FM stations would 
belong to the government since the Maoists have now joined the 
government."

When journalists asked him to clarify what he meant by government 
ownership, Mahara said, "They were owned by the people, and the 
people will continue to own them. And the government will give them 
license."

Mahara informed the FNJ delegation led by FNJ vice-president Shiva 
Gaunle that he would give priority to getting a Right to Information Act 
enacted by the Interim Legislature.

During the meeting, Gaunle drew Mahara's attention to a host of 
problems faced by Nepalese media and journalists. Mahara said that 
he would study the problems and sit down with the FNJ for discussions.

Saying that he would give continuity to existing media policy, he 
expressed his commitment to respecting and promoting media 
freedom. On foreign investment in media, he said, "Foreign investment 
cannot be stopped totally."

Posted on: 2007-04-02 21:43:53 (Server Time) 

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