Parliamentary hearings
The members of the Federation Council is preparing a bill that will require public media to provide free airtime or print space under the coverage of the work of parliamentarians. It is reported by TASS on Tuesday, March 21.
The amendments, according to the Chairman of Committee of the upper house chamber on regulations Vladimir Poletaeva, it is planned to amend the law on status of deputies of the state Duma and members of Federation Council. They are designed in order that the senators had warranty coverage of its activities in the regional media.
“As members of the Federation Council, it is not always their activities are covered in the regional news. He (the MP — approx. “Of the tape.ru”) has the right, but by and large everything is left to the discretion of the chief editor of the media,” — said Poletaev.
He noted that the bill was comments, now they are eliminated. Negative feedback on the document including the gave the Ministry of communications, which considered it unnecessary, said the Senator.
“If there was a duty in the regional branches of VGTRK once a month or once a quarter to give time to the Senator definitely would not have been worse,” suggested a member of the Federation Council Sergei Mamedov.
In March of last year deputies from LDPR introduced a bill repealing the need for accreditation for journalists working on the election.