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Mozambican journalists request professional status and press card

2:31 CAT | 12 Apr 2017

Voa / Journalists in Mozambique yesterday denounced persecution and the lack of professionalism in the sector.

Media professionals attending celebrations of the 39th anniversary of the National Union of Journalists in Mozambique yesterday denounced persecution and called for the approval of a journalist’s statute and professional press card.

April 11 was marked by debates on the challenges of journalism in Mozambique, with professionals saying that, despite the approval of an access to information law two years ago, the practice of journalism remained difficult.

For journalist Marcelo Mosse, the problems of the poverty of Mozambican journalism would not solved by laws. Mosse said that “to have good journalism, we need more capacity, more competence and less laziness”.

Journalists denounce persecution and deplored the lack of investigation into cases involving the shooting of colleagues. “It is a pitiful that when a journalist is shot, there is no thorough investigation,” journalist António Chimundo complained.

But what worries the union most is the emergence of individuals posing as journalists and staining the whole profession. The Secretary General of the National Union of Journalists, Eduardo Constantino, took the opportunity to appeal to the authorities, to approve a journalist’s statute and a professional press card.

Constantino said that “these instruments are important to solve the problems which Mozambican journalists face”.

Source: Voa Portugues