
DP MP Ina Zhupa has reacted to the news that journalists will no longer be allowed in the Parliament hall and courtyard during plenary sessions.
Zhupa calls this a repressive and unacceptable measure that violates media freedom. The Democratic MP says this is an attempt at censorship and total control of information by the majority.
Zhupa warns that the opposition will oppose any attempt that jeopardizes the country's transparency and European integration.
"After Rama's message "beware of journalists" comes the plan to not allow journalists into the hall and courtyard where plenary sessions take place. A restriction of media freedom, a monopolization by the regime of events within the assembly under the control of the majority is harmful to democracy.
This plan that is being prepared in the assembly offices also undermines the right of citizens to be informed about the activities of the deputies they have voted for.
Journalists have every right to question MPs and independently record the activities of the public parliamentary session. In Rama's republic of censorship, any space for freedom for journalists and MPs must be extinguished!
"Any such measure of these rights is repressive and unacceptable. And we will do everything to prevent it, when media freedom is among the priorities of the European Union and part of the first cluster," Zhupa writes.
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