The Transitional Communication Minister once again in his peers’ sight

The Union of Malagasy Journalists let it be known how little it was pleased by the speech held by Harry Rahajason, aka Rolly Mercia, current transitional communication minister. The transitional leader was invited by reporter Onitiana Realy on the TV PLUS channel stage, the program was broadcasted on the TVM channel as well. Shortly after the end of the program, Rolly Mercia took charge on the TVM channel and attacked Onitiana Realy, who retaliated later on, a retaliation of that kind which will long be remembered. The Union of Journalists reacted as following to the engagement: “the minister in charge got used to create the stir through his public attacks directed at his former fellow press members or through his announcement of his string of poorly disguised prohibition measures. He did not break with his tradition when presenting his absolutely baseless excuses to keep the potentially dangerous radio stations silenced by the transitional ruling power, the way they are, namely closed. He did it again concerning the ban from accessing public channels imposed on whatever political trend happening to challenge the transitional leader.” Furthermore, the Union’s leading Board “recalls the immediate need to lift the ban on every television and radio programs and stations shut down by the transitional ruling power, as well as the compulsory need to grant and strictly respect freedom of speech to every public and private information channels.”