Bandar Lampung, bidiktangsel.com – Chairman of the Honorary Board of PWI Lampung and also Press Council Press Expert Iskandar Zulkarnain responded to the uproar on behalf of press organizations and journalists in the East Lampung Police.
He said the case of the arrest of PPWI Chairman Wilson Lalengke and two of his colleagues "journalists" on behalf of Muhammad Indra (36) from resolusitv.com, Sunarso (41) from lantainews.com, and PPWI Lampung Chairman Edi Suryadi (48) was the entrance to re-regulate press organizations and journalists.
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"This is a red light for uninformed and unverified press companies in the Press Council as well as journalists who are not competent to immediately fix the company and press organizations," he said when asked for his opinion on Monday, March 14, 2022.
Why so, according to him, Press Law No. 40/1999 mandates that press companies must be incorporated and verified in the Press Council. Journalists must also take the journalist competency test (UKW) or UKJ.
"So the public should know which press companies are actually registered and which journalists are breaking the law," he explained.
Furthermore, the Editor-in-Chief of Lampung Post explained that press companies and journalists must comply with all regulations of the Press Law, Code of Ethics and other Press Regulations. Moreover, the Press Council in handling press dispute cases has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Police, the Attorney General's Office, and the Supreme Court.
"If it has been verified in the Press Council and journalists have taken competency tests will facilitate the Press Council, the police and judges to resolve press disputes that rely on Law No. 40/1999," he said.
In addition, Iskandar added, journalists should also be able to choose professional organizations of journalists who have become constituents of the Press Council, including PWI, AJI, IJTI, PRSSNI, ATVLI, SPS. (Red)
