Baku. Ramil Mammadli – APA. “Azerbaijani President has never used a word insulting the journalists”, said chief of Socio-Political Department of Presidential Administration Ali Hasanov delivering a speech at the specialized courses on election law for the chairpersons of Constituency Election Commissions, APA reports.
He said that media must be unbiased: “It’s impossible to imagine any democratic society without free press or political pluralism. But, the press must show its neutral position not only in elections, but always. Press influences formation of choice and general outlook of the people. Press paves the way for assessment of both authorities and their opponents”.
According to Ali Hasanov, fully free media has been formed in Azerbaijan. “Continuous measures have been taken by the state for the development of media. Orders were issued in various years, support was shown to strengthen material-technical basis of media, solve social problems of journalists. Much has been done and it is impossible to observe it in other parts of the world. Apartments given to 156 journalists prove it. The Azerbaijani authorities have nothing to hide from media. Azerbaijan is one of the democratic, free states of the world. Free media is one of the factors improving democratic development of Azerbaijan. You remember how much pressure was once exerted on journalists. Journalists were beaten, underwent pressure. Even now one of those who wants to run for president says if he comes to power, he will put to silence the journalists writing about him, while Azerbaijan’s President has never used a word insulting journalists,” he said.
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