The opposition MDP has criticised a bill tabled in Parliament that would abolish the Maldives Media Council and the Maldives Broadcasting Commission and replace them with a single Maldives Media and Broadcasting Commission. The party said the legislation, introduced by an independent MP, is backed by the Muizzu administration and is designed to 'bury media freedom'.
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In a statement issued on Wednesday, the MDP said that sneaking in the legislation through an independent MP when the Attorney General had previously outlined the Mohamed Muizzu administration's intention to merge the MMC and Broadcom exposes the administration's "heinous nature."
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This is a bill that has been introduced to Parliament, with the administration [clearly] behind it, to bury media freedom
The Maldivian Democratic Party calls on the administration to withdraw the bill and stop all plans to obstruct the media
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A bill proposed by Thulhaadhoo Member of Parliament (MP) Abdul Hannan Aboobakuru [Independent] seeks to merge the MMC and Broadcom into a single regulator for media and journalism.
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