Kathmandu, May 4
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said on
Tuesday that freedom of press and expression were the oxygen of the social
life.
In his greeting message on the occasion of
the fifth National Journalism Day, he said that the role of mass media in
democratic movements was memorable.
“Government is with the journalist in the
protection of their professional rights and freedom. We have commitment and
firm faith on press freedom,” he said. “I believe that the press freedom is a
respect to the fundamental right of people to have true, accurate and credible
information.”
PM Oli said that the government was moving
ahead on the path of good governance and sustainable development with clear
policy provisions.
He also said that the government had given
priority to press freedom, democracy, protection of nationalism, social justice
and equality.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 5 May 2020.
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