PNG needs to provide an atmosphere where journalists and media entities can report fairly and without fear or favour.
Northern Governor and deputy chairman of the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts, Gary Juffa, made this statement following the purported sacking of EMTV’s head of news and current affairs, Neville Choi.
“We are supposed to be a democratic nation where people are supposed to be able to express themselves freely,” stated Juffa.
“Journalists are supposed to report without fear or favour – facts – and we are supposed to promote the principles of democracy that allow for free speech.”
Meantime, Choi has been reinstated today as of 8am.
(Northern Governor and deputy chairman of the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts, Gary Juffa)