Amid discussions over the new information law and the country's overall situation, the board of the Editors Syndicate met with Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil for a roundtable discussion. Part of the meeting between the syndicate board members, led by Joseph Kossayfy, and the FPM leader, in the presence of MP Jimmy Jabbour, focused on amendments to the media law before turning to political issues.According to political circles, the amended draft resulting from a prior meeting between MPs and the Press and Editors syndicates had not been distributed to lawmakers before Tuesday's plenary session. They therefore only became aware of the 23 amendments upon entering the chamber. Reading and debating them before voting could have taken hours. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri consequently decided to put the original...
Amid discussions over the new information law and the country's overall situation, the board of the Editors Syndicate met with Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil for a roundtable discussion. Part of the meeting between the syndicate board members, led by Joseph Kossayfy, and the FPM leader, in the presence of MP Jimmy Jabbour, focused on amendments to the media law before turning to political issues.According to political circles, the amended draft resulting from a prior meeting between MPs and the Press and Editors syndicates had not been distributed to lawmakers before Tuesday's plenary session. They therefore only became aware of the 23 amendments upon entering the chamber. Reading and debating them before voting could have taken hours. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri consequently decided to put the original...
