Momani calls for consensus on media complaints council

AMMAN — Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications Mohammad Momani on Monday stressed the importance of reaching a decision that all parties agree on in regard to forming a council for media complaints.

Momani, who is also the government’s spokesperson, made his remarks during a meeting organised by the Centre for Defending the Freedom of Journalists, during which attendees discussed the means to establish the projected council as part of the national media strategy.

Momani said it would be difficult to form the council as an independent commission in light of the government’s approach to cancel independent public organisations to reduce financial burdens on the budget, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.