Al-Mandlawi: We are keen to amend the Journalists' Retirement Law

Baghdad-INA  
Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohsen Al-Mandlawi, confirmed today, Wednesday, the keenness of the House of Representatives to amend the Journalists' Retirement Law, while indicating that the media plays an important role and is a fundamental pillar in the democratic process.
 
The media office of the Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): that "Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohsen Al-Mandlawi, received in his guest house, the head of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, head of the Arab Journalists Union, Mu'ayyad Al-Lami."
 
Al-Mandlawi stressed according to the statement that "the media plays an important role and is the basic pillar in the democratic process, due to the power and influence that journalistic institutions have to expose and combat corruption and the messages they provide to confront phenomena that are alien to the culture of society," stressing that "the House of Representatives is very keen to expedite the legislation of laws that contribute to strengthening the status of journalists and obtaining their full rights, including "amending Law 81 of 1973 related to the Journalists' Retirement Fund."
 
The statement continued, "Al-Mandlawi directed the relevant parliamentary committees to coordinate the necessary with the Journalists' Syndicate and relevant parties to hold workshops and expanded meetings to mature the possible visions and proposals that contribute to lifting the injustice against journalists."
The Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives called on the Journalists' Syndicate and its affiliated institutions to "contribute to exposing the brutal crimes practiced by the Zionist entity against the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples, while it was agreed to launch and intensify media campaigns at the local and Arab levels to support and assist our brothers in Lebanon, in addition to confronting closing down fake organizations that deal with media affairs, spread rumors, and distort facts.