NRSA to mull removing licensing requirement from medial bill
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The Nation Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) committee on media reform will meet on Monday to vote on whether to remove the proposed licensing requirement for media professionals from its draft media regulation bill.
However, chairman of the committee ACM Kanit Suwannet said on Monday the licences would be replaced by media certificates.
The meeting of the media panel started at 8.30am, an hour before the NRSA deliberates on the draft bill.
The proposed 15-person national media council would still include two representatives from the government to ensure smooth cooperation between the public and private sectors on media affairs, Kanit said.
The Thai Journalists Association will submit a letter to NRSA vice president Alongkorn Ponlaboot on Monday asking for the proposed reform draft to be withdrawn.
