MANAMA: The Kingdom of Bahrain is one step closer to address the existing flaws and gaps in regulating the electronic media.
The Cabinet discussed the memorandum presented by His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister, President of the Ministerial Committee for Legal Affairs on the Media and Communication Draft Law.
The Official Spokesperson and the State Minister for Information Affairs, Sameera Rajab in her weekly post cabinet meeting briefing said that HRH the Prime Minister, Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, chaired the regular Cabinet session of Sunday.
The Cabinet congratulated the people of Bahrain on the anniversary of the National Action Charter, which coincides on the 14th of February 2014, and was the basis of HM the King’s reform project.
The Cabinet discussed the importance of housing projects as part of the national development plan. The Cabinet gave directives to speed the implementation of the projects and develop the housing process in general.
The Cabinet was orally briefed on the Cabinets follow up concerning the procedures taken with regards to the National Audit Court’s Report, in completion to what was announced, and what the Cabinet took note of last week.
The Cabinet also praised the success of the Autumn Fair and Gulf Industry Fair, which were more successful than the previous years, and contributed in booting the sector of trade and industry.
The Cabinet was told that draft law on media and communication is based on both the Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948, in particular Article (19) thereof, and to Law No. (56) for the year 2006 approving the accession of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which further demonstrates that legislations are inspired by shared human values in the process of regulating all media aspects and freedom of expression.
The Draft Law also addressed the shortcomings in the current law, and in particularly those related to the rules and regulations of electronic media.