AMDISS boss urges Media Authority to review their mandate

[Elisabeth Janaina]

AMDISS boss urges Media Authority to review their mandate
Radio Bakhita
Monday, September 18, 2017 - 09:57
The Acting Head of the Association for Media Development in South
Sudan, AMDISS has urged the media regulatory body in South Sudan to
preview the act that established the media Authority.

Mary Ajith says ordering all media houses to register to the Media
Authority is unlawful move taken by the authority, Bakhita Radio
reports.

She expresses that AMDISS did not object to register but it’s
operating under the law.

Ajith explains that publishing list of some unregistered media outlets
like AMDISS is purposed to discredit the works of such institutions.

She challenges the Authority to widely open doors for dialogue rather
than seeing them as enemies.

The Association’s boss was addressing the first general assembly of
the Media Development Institute on Friday.

Unregistered media outlets were given an ultimate period of two weeks
to register for smooth running of their operations without
interference of the authority.