Chairman of the Senate Faisal Al-Fayez expressed his appreciation for the role of Jordanian media in defending the interests of the Jordanian state and the country's various causes, and in confronting malicious campaigns targeting Jordan that seek to distort its nationalist and Arab positions on the issues facing the Arab and Islamic nations.
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He made the remarks today, Sunday, when he received Journalists Association President Tareq Al-Momani and members of the association's council, who came to congratulate Al-Fayez on the royal decree appointing him Chairman of the Senate.
Al-Fayez affirmed the Senate's determination to support the association and national media institutions, and to maintain communication with them on everything that serves national media and helps it fulfil its role. He said it is necessary to provide the support needed to enable them to carry out their noble mission, promote responsible press freedoms, and protect the profession from abuses and interlopers.
He added that "supporting media institutions and working to provide job and livelihood security for those who work in them has become a national necessity, because strong, professional and objective media serves the homeland and enables it to confront any harm or attack against it."
He said the challenges Jordan faces call for a responsible, conscious and professional media discourse, stressing that the duty of the media is to promote the values of tolerance and moderation, preserve the security and cohesion of society, and confront forces of terrorism and extremism with argument and enlightened opinion.
He pointed to the importance of drawing up a national media strategy for the Jordanian state in cooperation with the association, aimed at unifying media discourse on the various local issues, the country's supreme interests and Jordan's nationalist and Arab positions, while ensuring that Jordanian media and citizens are informed transparently and promptly.
For his part, Al-Momani, on behalf of the association's council, congratulated the Senate Chairman on the royal confidence in him. He expressed the association's pride in the National Council's role and its continued defence of the interests of the homeland and its citizens.
He praised Al-Fayez's constant commitment to supporting the association and Jordan's national press institutions, and to defending press freedom, including print journalism, and the need to support it so that it can continue its national and professional mission, and his concern for the job security of those who work in it.
Al-Momani outlined the association's measures to regulate journalistic work, protect the profession, safeguard the rights of journalists and press institutions, and require those working in journalism to adhere to the code of honour and ethics of the profession, based on professionalism, objectivity and moral standards.
He expressed the council's desire to cooperate with the Senate to discuss legislation concerning the advancement and development of the media, protecting the profession and preserving its independence and its mission of serving society, so that the press can continue to serve as a fundamental pillar in the country's comprehensive development. He said Jordanian media is responsible national media, characterised by professionalism, objectivity and responsible freedom, and has always stood in the trenches of the homeland and its supreme interests.
The meeting included a discussion of issues concerning Jordanian media, the challenges facing the country, and the need for everyone, each in their own position, to confront terrorist and takfiri forces, and those who incite strife or stir up chaos and lawlessness.
