Turan agency received an unofficial copy of the draft law "On Media"

Baku/10.12.21/Turan: The Media Development Agency submitted a draft law on media to parliament, the discussion of which began on December 10.

The bill has been prepared since the spring of last year behind closed doors without discussion with the participation of independent media and lawyers in the field of freedom of expression. In violation of the law, the Media Development Agency and the Milli Majlis did not publish the bill on their web pages.

According to Articles 29 and 30 of the Law "On Obtaining Information":

29.1. In order to ensure the interests of society, to reduce the large number of information requests, the holder of information must disclose the following information, which has arisen or acquired as a result of the fulfillment of public obligations.

29.1. 10. drafts of normative legal acts - from the time of submission for agreement and approval.

30.1. Public information specified in Article 29.1 of this Law must be made public in the information resources of the Internet.

“Turan agency received the text of the draft law “On Media”. We do not know if this document is a copy of the bill submitted to parliament, since we did not receive it from official sources. But we decided to publish it, proceeding from the public interest and significance of this issue,” said Mehman Aliyev, director of Turan news agency. —0—