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170339
Wed, 03/23/2011 - 17:48
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Thousands of Iraqi journalists demand resignation of Baghdad Council Chairman
Baghdad (NINA) - Next Monday shall witness wide range demonstrations in which thousands of journalists, writers, intellectuals, and relatives of martyr journalists will demand the resignation of Kamil Al Zaidi, Baghdad Council Chairman, for breaking the agreement he made with the journalists and intellectuals about the services improvement and halting the procedures that restrict public freedoms.
One of the organizers of the demonstration told NINA that four organizations will arrange the demonstration; February 15 Journalists Movement, Iraqi Journalists Rights Defense Association, March 28 Gathering for Democracy and Change, and Facebook. They will be arranging the demonstration under sponsorship of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate; the demonstration will gather at the syndicate’s HQ and head toward the Governorate Building.
Other demands will be asked like investigating corruption cases in the council upon info acquired by organizing people.
Zaidi made an agreement with a number of media organizations in which he ended a sit-in of journalists and intellectuals in Firdaws Sq. The journalists were demanding the improvement of services; they formed a committee to spotlight defects and flaws of the executive offices at the governorate. The committee found hundreds of violations, yet, Zaidi did not honor his commitment to the agreement he made, a matter that obligates the journalists to carry out their patriotic duty and demand Zaidi’s resignation.
One of the organizers of the demonstration told NINA that four organizations will arrange the demonstration; February 15 Journalists Movement, Iraqi Journalists Rights Defense Association, March 28 Gathering for Democracy and Change, and Facebook. They will be arranging the demonstration under sponsorship of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate; the demonstration will gather at the syndicate’s HQ and head toward the Governorate Building.
Other demands will be asked like investigating corruption cases in the council upon info acquired by organizing people.
Zaidi made an agreement with a number of media organizations in which he ended a sit-in of journalists and intellectuals in Firdaws Sq. The journalists were demanding the improvement of services; they formed a committee to spotlight defects and flaws of the executive offices at the governorate. The committee found hundreds of violations, yet, Zaidi did not honor his commitment to the agreement he made, a matter that obligates the journalists to carry out their patriotic duty and demand Zaidi’s resignation.
