Mizzima awarded global JTI certificate for reliable news on Myanmar

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Mizzima Mizzima, one of Myanmar ’s most prominent news outlets and a press freedom advocate, obtained the Journalism Trust Initiative ( JTI ) certification from global audit firm Bureau Veritas , JTI says in a press statement 5 January.  Operating in clandestine mode within Myanmar and supported by an exiled team, Mizzima strives to fulfil its role as reliable source of news and information for the Myanmar public. “Your Journalism Trust Initiative certification affirms what audiences already know: that principled, transparent journalism matters. Congratulations on this achievement and on your continued contribution to informing citizens about Myanmar,” says Benjamin Sabbah , director of Journalism Trust Initiative “Myanmar’s ongoing conflict has created an intensely contested media landscape, where mis- and disinformation are increasingly deployed to reinforce state propaganda and the prevailing “official” narrative. Although Mizzima is already regarded as one of the most trusted ...
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MPs informally discuss oath dispute

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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 17:23 Ko Pauk and Lynn Bo Bo

New Delhi, Rangoon (Mizzima) – Informal discussions about the oath of office standoff between the Burmese government and the National League for Democracy took place in Parliament on Tuesday.

No motion regarding the issue was put forward, and NLD-elected members failed to appear in Parliament to take the required oath of office.

NLD Parliament member-elect Dr. Myat Nyarna Soe. Photo: Facebook

There is a group of MPs who want to support the NLD on changing the oath’s wording, one lawmaker told Mizzima.

Sources said that a group of MPs are negotiating with MPs of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), but the USDP – the government-backed party – had a hardline attitude, as of Monday.

Myat Nyarna Soe, an NLD MP-elect, told Mizzima that there could be a compromise on Wednesday.

On Monday, NLD spokesman Nyan Win told The Associated Press that he believed the dispute would be solved within 10 days.

Meanwhile, NLD officials are in contact with the government of President Thein Sein in an effort to change the oath of office wording from to “protect” the Constitution to “respect” the Constitution. NLD spokesmen have said they are optimistic a compromise can be reached with the help of the president’s office, but other observers have said the issue could require a parliamentary vote.

It takes 20 per cent of the members to put forward a bill in Parliament. To be approved, a bill requires the approval of 75 per cent of the members of Parliament.

Currently, the USDP holds 343 parliamentary seats; military representatives hold 166 seats and other political parties [including independent MPs] hold 105 seats.

The NLD’s victory in the April 1 by-election, in which it won 43 of the 44 seats it contested, was considered a major step toward reconciliation after decades of military rule in Burma, adding credibility to reforms carried out over the past year under President Thein Sein’s administration.

Thein Sein was expected to return to Burma on Tuesday from an official visit to Japan.

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