The federal government of Grenada on Thursday, barred all media representatives from overlaying the swearing-in ceremony of latest cupboard ministers.
Following the stance taken by the federal government, the Media Employees Affiliation of Grenada (MWAG) strongly condemned the choice, calling it a “harmful new low” within the authorities’s remedy of the impartial press.
That is the primary time in Grenada’s fashionable historical past that the media has been excluded from such an vital authorities occasion.
In a press release, MWAG mentioned the federal government’s actions displayed “whole contempt” for native media and the Grenadian individuals.
The organisation has additionally demanded a full rationalization and apology from the federal government, in addition to a dedication to not limit media entry sooner or later.
The swearing-in occurred on Thursday, however no visuals or particulars have been made obtainable to media shops.
MWAG’s assertion additionally revealed the federal government won’t communicate to the press for twenty-four hours after the brand new cupboard is formalised.
This follows earlier incidents such because the elimination of weekly post-cabinet briefings and a authorities official telling the media they are going to be knowledgeable on a “need-to-know foundation.”
MWAG has known as civil society teams, together with the Grenada Commerce Union Council, Convention of Church buildings and Bar Affiliation, to sentence the federal government’s press restrictions.
The Governor Common of Grenada, Dame Cecile La Grenade, oversaw the swearing-in ceremony.
The brand new cupboard was appointed by Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell, who got here to energy roughly a yr and a half in the past.
The MWAG assertion was signed by the organisation’s president, secretary, assistant secretary, and treasurer.
MWAG has demanded a full rationalization and apology from the federal government over this unprecedented exclusion of impartial media.
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