Ulaanbaatar
President Battulga sends message on World Press Freedom Day
Politics
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. On the occasion of the World Press
Freedom Day, President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga sent a message to
media workers.
THE MESSAGE READS:
“Dear journalists and workers in press and media,
I am delighted to wish you a happy World Press Freedom Day.
It is only appropriate to extend my deepest gratitude to
You, the media workers who have been working in heightened preparedness along
with the emergency, law enforcement and healthcare personnel and making
invaluable contribution to ensuring social safety through providing reliable
news coverage.
I rely on Your ability to be mindful and speculative as You
communicate confirmed and reliable information to the public, while You keep in
mind that the pandemic and the challenges that follow are not a field of competition.”
In this message, the President also marked his efforts in
the past towards protecting media workers from being charged with criminal
offense. He continued to address the situation where political authorities have
different opinions on the legal statuses of professional unions of press and
media as the situation has been slowing down the process of consolidating press
freedom in Mongolia.
President Battulga remarked “As a citizen is represented by
a political representative to the Government, the right to information is
exercised through journalists. As such, I have been viewing the passage of
Press Freedom Law not only as a matter of press and media, but a matter of the
society”.
Concluding the message, the President once again extended
greetings on the World Press Freedom Day and wished the press and media success
for the great deeds of enlightening the people.
Source: President.mn
