Al-Hallaq: New law constitutes a basic building  for  national media sector

Damascus-(ST)- Minister of Information Boutros Al-Hallaq confirmed that the law creating the Ministry of Information to replace the Ministry created in 1961 constitutes a starting point for developing the national media sector in general by establishing foundations for modernization in the current media institutional structures so that they are compatible with the administrative reform project and are an effective incubator for achieving the ministry’s mission of producing media committed to the national identity, and preserving media that maintains the educational and moral concepts of the family and society.

Minister Al-Hallaq explained in a statement that the new law allows media sector institutions to be an element of diversifying national income, and a component of national economic activities.

He added: At the level of the ministry’s work, this law comes to develop the work of all its directorates and introduce new tasks for them in comparison with the law issued in 1961. For example, some articles of the law included organizing the tasks of most directorates, such as the Electronic Media Directorate, in order to be able to enhance national digital content on theArachnoid network.

Al-Hallaq pointed out that the new law organized the supervision of the television drama industry and also opened cooperation and participation with the private sector for media production, drama, documentary films, etc., stressing that this law formed the basis for the development of this important national sector.

Hanan Shamout