Limited access to photojournalists accredited to the Parliament

Photojournalists accredited to the Moldovan Parliament will have limited access to the meeting room. They will be able to take pictures only during the first ten minutes of the Parliament’s work, and then they will be asked to leave the room. This issue has been mentioned at the Parliament meeting today, 16 July, according to Politik.md.

Corina Fusu, MP representing the Liberal Party (LP), asked for explanations concerning this case. She said that this decision restricts the freedom of journalists.

Alexandr Petkov, MP representing the Party of Communists (PCRM), said that this action represents a repression against the media.
In his turn, president of the Parliament Igor Corman said that this decision was made as a result of appeals coming from some MPs who complained that they are disturbed by photographers standing behind their backs.

Journalists believe that this interdiction came after several MPs were caught by photographers on camera in various states that were inappropriate to a Member of Parliament.

Photographer Constantin Grigorita, accredited to the Parliament, said: “They don’t want to be photographed because they don’t want people to see the underside of the government, see them sleep, write on phones and so on.”

The media representatives that report materials from Parliament meetings work in a specially equipped room in the refurbished Parliament building. Some journalists repeatedly expressed their dissatisfaction with the inadequate working conditions in the new Parliament building. Subsequently, access to the meeting room was allowed only to journalists.
 
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