Representative Adeeb Abdel Masih announced his move, in cooperation with Minister of Information Paul Morcos, to prepare a draft law aimed at amending a number of articles of the new media law, in line with the demands of unions and the media body.
Abdel Masih wrote, in a post on the “X” platform, that “there is no doubt that the new media law is a qualitative step towards modernization and development,” pointing out that the Minister of Information tried to amend the articles that are currently the subject of objection, but the majority of parliamentary blocs did not respond to these attempts.
He added, “The main concern was the amnesty law,” referring to the parliamentary blocs’ preoccupation with discussing and approving the general amnesty law during the parliamentary session.
Abdel Masih revealed his cooperation with Information Minister Paul Morcos in order to send a draft law to amend the objectionable articles, in accordance with the demands put forward by the unions and the media body.
He called on all parliamentary blocs to seriously scrutinize the proposed amendments and vote on them, with the aim of reaching a law that he described as “modern and balanced.”
Abdul Masih’s position comes in the wake of the House of Representatives’ approval of the new media law, amid objections and observations raised by entities and unions working in the media sector on a number of its articles, and demands for its reconsideration.
The new media law aims to modernize the legislative framework regulating the media sector in Lebanon, in light of the transformations that the field has witnessed over the past years and the expansion of digital media and electronic platforms, while current demands focus on addressing objectionable materials through new legislative amendments.
