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BE questioned the Government today about the restructuring plan and new governance model for the Lusa news agency, and wants to know how the editorial independence and management autonomy of this media organisation will be ensured.
On Tuesday the Left Bloc questioned the Government about the restructuring plan and the new governance model of the Lusa agency, and wants to know how the editorial independence and management autonomy of this media organisation will be ensured. Also on this topic, the union delegate of the Journalists' Union expressed concern about the ...
The PS says the new governance model for the Lusa news agency amounts to an attack on its independence and accuses the Government of seeking to dictate to the Assembly of the Republic, determining how it takes part in external bodies. 'We are faced with a clear attack on the independence of the Lusa Agency, and it is not the Government that rules over ...'
Lusa will have an Advisory Council under the new governance model, whose composition ensures representation of the broad range of stakeholders in the news agency's activities, the Office of the Minister of the Presidency announced today.
The Journalists' Union says several requests for a meeting with the Minister for the Presidency were made regarding the changes to Lusa's governance and statutes sought by the Government.
The new governance model at Lusa has drawn criticism from left-wing parties, who fear the news agency will be brought under government control after the executive appoints three administrators.
