Press Centre Nepal calls for convening FNJ convention on stipulated date

KATHMANDU: The Press Centre Nepal central office-bearers’ meeting has demanded that the convention of Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) should be held mandatorily on the date as fixed in its statute.

The Press Centre Nepal’s this call comes in the wake of various opinions on the fate of the FNJ’s convention.

The FNJ is the umbrella organisation of journalists all over Nepal.

At the concluding session of the meeting here on Sunday, Press Centre Nepal president Bishnu Sapkota Jugal appealed to all journalists to move ahead resolving the problems of FNJ on the basis of consensus, as the FNJ is a common organisation.

The meeting has decided upon concluding the FNJ’s membership cleansing campaign as per the mandate of the past general assembly. It decided to urge the government to implement the proportional advertisement policy.

The office-bearers’ meeting was held in the presence of Maoist Centre vice-chair and spokesman Agni Prasad Sapkota.
On the occasion, Sapkota called for implementing policy aimed at sustaining the media and retaining journalists, through coordination among the three tiers of the government.

Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, urged the Press Centre Nepal to give constructive suggestions for the formulation of media laws and policies, saying a restructuring of the mass communication sector was in order through the Mass Communication Bill.

Maoist central member and Press Centre Nepal’s founding president Maheshwar Dahal and Press Advisor to the Prime Minister Govinda Acharya provided training to the meeting’s participants on the Centre’s future plans and its role in common fronts as FNJ, ACORAB and others.