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The resolution that irritated the journalists
Al-Riyadh's Editorial
Published in Alriyadh on 25 - 05 - 2012

The Council of Ministers resolution which restricts the journalistic work on the members of Journalists Association raised the questions, reservations and some doubts before the dryness of the ink by which it was drafted. Such resolution is a natural matter in any organization which seeks to adjust the journalistic operation and protect it from manipulation or from the people who do not belong to it. Before the sudden resolution, there was a big discussion in the authority in which some parties claimed that it is monopolizing the power but the truth was that the last vote was performed in a clear, transparent and closely monitored way by completely neutral bodies and authorities where the right of nomination was open for everyone.
The covered problem is that full-time journalists in most newspapers do not reach the minimum level. It may be a kind of escape from rights responsibilities that most newspapers did not enroll many members of its working teams as official full-time employees in them. This gap led the members who are out of the journalistic field to impose their decisions the way they want. The issue of professionalism, rehabilitation & competency are not measured by the academic qualification as much as by the practice. This fact revealed the big gap between the academic individual who memorizes the general terminology and builds his explanation upon them & the renewable and advanced work field. Many graduates who were trained before graduation could achieve success and surpass the others whose work was restricted to the academic field only.
Let's return to the issue of organizing this work as the resolution might have not included bases, rules and conditions for this profession. It might have not been issued without assuring the responsibility of Ministry of Culture & Information or Journalists Association. However, the honor of the profession is still important. Some Arab countries do not provide the journalist with his license until he / she declares his / her oath in front of a state's high official, whether a minister or any other character who runs this work. In practical terms, restricting the membership on the full-time journalist and abandoning the collaborator and the workers of electronic press is still considered a defect in the organization. I believe that reconsidering most of the laws and regulations that link between the journalist and his work is an issue of rights between contracts owners that should consider the variations and reasons within a framework that preserves the right of every one.
The running discussion in the media field is a healthy phenomenon if the opinions vary, provided that such variation does not reach t, from one party's side, the level of abusing the other party or charging him / her with false accusations which are not subjected to accountability. If the state adopts judicial judgment in this regard for protecting every one; the system shall be in the right direction which states that no one is over the accountability or investigation.
In the British democracy castle; we still remember how "News of the World" newspaper owned by Murdoch was stopped for breaking the laws & how the American newspaper "Washington Post" overthrew Nixon, the American President. Accordingly, the existence of deterrents is an existing law in all countries of the world which is similar in importance to the preservation of rights.
What is required now is not to anticipate the events and issue subjective judgments about Ministers Council resolution until things become clearer for avoiding the fall into the wrong direction. Opening the doors for the ideas and opinions is an important and required matter as it enriches the organization by experienced people who are already in the heart of the journalistic work with full knowledge about their roles and demands. It may be a positive start to have a logical progress which follows the proper steps for achieving a professional work of accurate responsibilities and bigger integrity.


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