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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Burma’s president discusses tribunal with parliamentary speakers: report

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Thursday, 23 August 2012 16:48 Myo Thant

Rangoon (Mizzima) – Sessions of the Lower House and Upper House of the Burmese Parliament were cancelled on Thursday to allow the country’s three top leaders to discuss the Constitutional Tribunal issue, according to parliamentary sources.

Burmese President Thein Sein Photo: president's website

The three top leaders met for about one hour in the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw.

Lower House MP Ye Tun told Mizzima that he believed President Thein Sein discussed the issue with Lower House Speaker Shwe Mann and Upper House Speaker Khin Aung Myint, following discussions in Parliament recently to try to impeach the tribunal members.

Earlier, the Constitutional Tribunal issued an opinion that the committees and commissions formed by the Parliament are not “union-level” bodies, prompting talk of impeachment proceedings against the nine-member tribunal in the Lower House.

Upper House MP Phone Myint Aung told Mizzima that Upper House MPs would submit a proposal on Friday to impeach the tribunal members.

Lower House Speaker Shwe Mann has urged Thein Sein to put the tribunal members under pressure in order that they should resign voluntarily, but he rejected the request. The Constitutional Tribunal in a press conference last week said that they did not commit any wrong doing, and they would continue to carry out their duties under the Constitution.

Meanwhile, President Thein Sein advised MPs that the tribunal ruling was carried out under the law and it would stand.  If MPs were dissatisfied with the tribunal, they could try to amend the Constitution, he said.

Observers said the 2008 Constitution does not say whether the committees formed by the Parliament are “union-level” bodies or not, but according to the legal provisions relating to the two parliamentary houses, they are defined as “union-level” bodies.

Last week, Mizzima reported that the dispute began the third week of March when the tribunal ruling was met with disbelief by many members of Parliament.

The tribunal is made up of nine judges, most of whom are academics or legal experts.

Three of the judges were selected by Thein Sein, three by Shwe Mann, and three by the speaker of the Upper House, Khin Aung Myint.

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