Jakarta (Antara Bali) - Former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim said that the government should guarantee media freedom if it is serious in establishing democracy in the country.
"If the government cannot pave the way for media freedom or the freedom of speech, then the democracy cannot be significantly implemented," said Anwar durring the Forum of Chief Editors in Jakarta on Thursday evening.
According to him, the media freedom could only be implemented truly if the government realizes that there is a limit authority to forbid the freedom of the media.
He noted that the media freedom is to give the press a space to speech truly and to remove suppression to the media.
"So our responsibility to the media is to give the widest opportunity for the press to deliver the truth without suppression of any parties," he said.
He said that currently there are still several media publications that are controlled by a certain party such as the government or wealthy people.
The truly free media will not side with an institution but report the truth of an event, said Anwar. (*/DWA/T007)
Govt Must Guarantee Media Freedom
Jumat, 11 Januari 2013 11:36 WIB
