{"id":11683,"date":"2019-02-15T20:12:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T20:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=11683"},"modified":"2019-02-15T20:12:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T20:12:56","slug":"media-house-managers-living-abroad-called-to-abide-by-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/media-house-managers-living-abroad-called-to-abide-by-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Media house managers living abroad called to abide by law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nestor Bankumukunzi, chairman of the National Media Regulator-CNC says correspondences will be submitted to media houses whose managers have been living abroad for a long time. \u201cIt\u2019s against the law and it is a flaw that must be corrected,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10556\" style=\"width: 509px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10556\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10556\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nestor-Bankumukunzi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nestor-Bankumukunzi.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nestor-Bankumukunzi-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nestor-Bankumukunzi-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nestor-Bankumukunzi-600x345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nestor Bankumukunzi: \u201cWe will make sure the law is enforced\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The chairman of CNC says this after a two-day meeting held by the members of the media regulator on media house activities for the past three months.<\/p>\n<p>He has said, without naming those media houses that the concerned directors must comply with the law. \u201cOtherwise, we will make sure the law is enforced,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Nestor Bankumukunzi insists on the non-observance of the law as the current press law states that any director of a press agency operating in Burundi must be living in Burundi. \u201cIt is legal for those which have directors ad-interim but the latter are limited,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>He also says that if a director can spend six months abroad, the acting director should be confirmed and that would not cause any problem: \u201cIf the director comes back, he can still take over\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, says this is problematic when a director has spent one, two, or more years abroad. \u201cThe interim director is somewhat limited in decision-making. He is also unable to respond to some questions raised by the national media regulator,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>The media situation in Burundi has been critical ever since the May 2015 coup attempt and this has caused dozens of journalists to flee the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nestor Bankumukunzi, chairman of the National Media Regulator-CNC says correspondences will be submitted to media houses whose managers have been living abroad for a long time. \u201cIt\u2019s against the law and it is a flaw that must be corrected,\u201d he says. 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