DATE: 2010-07-13
MALE, July 13, 2010 (HNS) – The government will not dissolve Maldives National Broadcasting Corporation (MNBC) which manages state media regardless of a parliament decision to transfer its entities to Maldives Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), President Mohamed Nasheed’s Political Advisor Hassan Afeef revealed Monday.
The assets, employees, and land used by state media organisations belong to MNBC which was established under a presidential decree, Afeef told journalists at the President’s Office. The corporation currently manages Television Maldives (TVM), Youth TV, Voice of Maldives (VOM) and Raajje FM.
The government’s comments came immedately after the parliament rejected current MNBC Chairman Mohamed ‘Madulu’ Waheed and Managing Director Ibrahim Khaleel while endorsing nine people for MBC’s Directors Board created by the Maldives Broadcasting Corporation Act passed by the parliament on April 6 and ratified by President Nasheed on April 20.
The government would assist MBC, Afeef said, but MNBC would continue to function
