The press and editors’ unions during a joint press conference in Beirut, on Aug. 12, 2026. (Credit: Photo provided by the editors’ union)
The process of drafting a new media law took nearly a decade, before the authorities and the two syndicates — the Press Syndicate and the Press Editors’ Syndicate — finally reached agreement on a unified text. Yet the law passed by Parliament on Tuesday came as a shock to both organizations.At a meeting held at Parliament on Monday, attended by representatives of several parliamentary blocs and the two syndicates heads, Aouni Kaake and Joseph Kossaifi, they had secured assurances that the version put to lawmakers for a vote the following day would incorporate the amendments they had proposed. They were therefore stunned to discover during Tuesday’s session that the new law was passed within minutes, in line with the original draft approved by the parliamentary committees. As a result, the long-awaited and much-hoped-for new law...
The process of drafting a new media law took nearly a decade, before the authorities and the two syndicates — the Press Syndicate and the Press Editors’ Syndicate — finally reached agreement on a unified text. Yet the law passed by Parliament on Tuesday came as a shock to both organizations.At a meeting held at Parliament on Monday, attended by representatives of several parliamentary blocs and the two syndicates heads, Aouni Kaake and Joseph Kossaifi, they had secured assurances that the version put to lawmakers for a vote the following day would incorporate the amendments they had proposed. They were therefore stunned to discover during Tuesday’s session that the new law was passed within minutes, in line with the original draft approved by the parliamentary committees. As a result, the long-awaited and much-hoped-for new law...
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