“It is extremely alarming to learn the news that the Rowley Government is officially banning private media houses from covering certain events, allowing access to only State-run media house Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT).” These are the words of Opposition Leader, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, in a statement released on Tuesday (20th July 2021).
The Opposition Leader was addressing reports that only TTT was given the opportunity to cover a repatriation exercise on Saturday (17th July 2021). At this event, it is alleged that Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister - Communications, Symon de Nobriga, made a comment to reporter Kejan Haynes of ‘News At 7’ that TTT has been given a leg-up on the competition so that it has a fighting chance. Both issues were later confirmed (TTT alone was given access and the Minister did in fact made the comment) by Minister de Nobriga himself in the form of a Media Release issued on Tuesday (see lower down).
Mrs. Persad-Bissessar went on to say in her statement, “Let me be clear - this policy is tantamount to State censorship of our independent media. And it is yet another glaring red flag that this PNM Government views itself as a dictatorial regime that is above the rule of law and doesn’t need to answer to the public.”
She said by implementing this “draconian measure,” the PNM has “broken public trust in the information the State disseminates” and called on all citizens to “stand up for our democracy and demand the Rowley regime immediately end this grotesque attempt to silence our media.” See her full statement below, followed by the Media Release from Minister de Nobriga: I STRONGLY CONDEMN THE PNM's CENSORSHIP OF PRIVATE MEDIA HOUSES
Below is the Media Release from Minister de Nobriga:
July 20, 2021
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