Controversy over the broadcast of the trial sessions in the media .. The Minister of Justice: Publicity and publication should not be confused

The plenary session of the House of Representatives, headed by Counselor Dr. Hanafi Jabali, witnessed a controversy on Article 266 of the draft criminal procedure law that relates to the advertising of the sessions and the publication of its news in the media span dir ="Ltr"> ."RTL"> & nbsp;

This came after 4 of the deputies & quot; Amira Saber, Freddy Al -Bayadi, Atef Al -Maghawry, and Muhammad Abdel -Alim Dawood, to amend the article by deleting the word broadcast, as well as deleting the condition of approval of the Public Prosecution in preventing the publication of the facts of the sessions. > ."RTL"> & nbsp;

and the deputies suggested that the text of Article (266) be the following: The session must be public, and the court may, however, take into account the public order or preserve the literature, to order to hear all or some of the lawsuit in a secret session, or prevent Certain categories of attendance in it ."RTL"> & nbsp;

It is not permissible to broadcast the facts of the sessions in any way that were only with written approval from the head of the department ."RTL"> & nbsp;

Representative Mohamed Abdel -Alim Dawood, a member of the House of Representatives, confirmed that the transfer of trials is important for the journalism work according to what was stipulated in the constitution ."RTL"> ."RTL"> and a member of the House of Representatives warned that imposing restrictions on the press contradicts the constitution ."RTL"> for his part, Counselor Ibrahim Al -Hunaidi, Chairman of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives, responded, explaining that there is a confusion between transferring the sessions, broadcasting them and declaring them, saying: Publicity means the availability of the entry of individuals and their exit and not to transfer or broadcast them span> ."RTL"> & nbsp;

with regard to the Public Prosecution, he stressed that the article stipulated the approval of the head of the department after taking the opinion of the prosecution and this does not contradict the publicity or freedom of the press, but rather it is within the procedures for controlling cases ."RTL"> & nbsp;

He said: Taking the public prosecutor’s opinion is not a restriction of the judge’s authority, especially since the transfer of some of the facts of the sessions may affect the course of public sessions ."RTL"> , and Counselor Adnan Fagri, Minister of Justice, agreed with him, saying: The first paragraph that relates to publicity and the second paragraph that is related to publication must not be confused."Ltr"> ."RTL"> pointed out that the transfer of facts and broadcasting, the matter is due to the head of the department that decides after taking the opinion of the Public Prosecution, stressing that the presence of the Public Prosecution in the second image of the accusation authority is to file the lawsuit to a crime and its initiative and then the right to attend the sessions and express Her opinion and submitting her request ."RTL"> The Minister of Justice explained that the position of the public prosecutor regarding or broadcasting or not according to what is in line with the requirements of the case, adhering to the need to take the opinion of the Public Prosecution in publishing Dir ="Ltr"> ."RTL"> After the controversy, the House of Representatives agreed to Article (266) of the draft criminal procedure law without amendment as follows: The session must be public, and the court may yet take into account the public order or a preservation of literature, to order hearing All or some of the lawsuit in a secret session, or prevent certain groups from attending ."RTL"> It is not permissible to transfer or broadcast the facts of the sessions in any way, except with written approval from the head of the department after taking the opinion of the Public Prosecution. /Span>

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