“Acces-info” makes common cause with the staffs of “Antena C” and “Euro TV Chisinau”

“Acces-info” Centre is making common cause with the staffs of Radio “Antena C” and “Euro TV Chisinau”, supports the requests included in the statement submitted to the Chisinau Municipal Council and is optimistic in what concerns the amendment of the decision, is said in a statement of the institution, and cited by Info-Prim Neo. “Acces-Info” expresses its concern about the decision of CMC on the reorganisation via alienation, or in other words, on the liquidation of the two stations. “It is regrettable that because of this decision thousands of listeners and viewers will be affected, because they will be deprived of two important sources of information, therefore the freedom of speech will be affected”, the signers of the statement affirm. “Acces-info” warns that the dubious privatisation practice continues to ignore the opinion of the editorial staffs, which are valuable human resources, and favours the situation when journalists are obliged to abandon their profession. “Lately, the need for transparency in the decision-making process is highly discussed. The Municipal Council struggled for several months to make a Regulation in this respect. However, things are not getting better, as important decisions are made without the consultation of experts, civil society and of the wide public. A weighty example in this situation is the case of “Antena C” and “Euro TV Chisinau, a symptomatic case, with political roots, which is a dangerous precedent for the development of a free and independent media” is said in the statement of “Acces-info” Center.