By: Fransedes Suni

Fransedes Suni — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 07:14:43 +0000

A clarification: In the letter I signed, based on the instruction by GMN’s Owner and President of the Council od Administration, dated 27 September 2018, there was no mention of dismissal. What the letter said was: In case Francisco decided to decline GMN’s offer/option (Asking Francisco to focus on his work with the TL Press Council, until the end of his mandate, while at GMN he produces a TV program, and continue his current post as the editor in chief and newspaper editor once he concludes his TLPC mandate), GMN would invite him to talk about the termination of his work. However, GMN was not in the position of ‘sacking’ him. Also: I did send two replies to the IFJ report, but for reasons I myself don’t know, my comments have never been posted.

By: Antonio M. Andre

Antonio M. Andre — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 01:23:32 +0000

The headline of this piece of news (“Timor-Leste state media group ‘sacks’ editor over role on Press Council”) is factually wrong as the National Media Group (GMN) is the largest PRIVATE MEDIA GROUP in Timor-Leste and NOT “a state media group” in any way.
I also call the editor’s attention to the fact that the “Press Council” in Timor-Leste is a self regulatory Media council with competences and attributes bestowed by Law — and not a journalists union/ association as could be implied or easily misunderstood to be in the statement quoted by the news piece in ref. (“fighting for the rights of fellow journalists”).

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By: Fransedes Suni

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