Ministry of Justice confers with private press publishers, journalists

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"...Amare went on to say that the problem did not only lie with the government. "The private press itself has a weakness. Some of the newspapers who advocate that all newspapers should express identical opinions call on the public not to buy and read certain newspapers. This is a threat," Amare said. However, he said, it was better to solve problems through round table discussions. He also told officials of the Ministry of Justice to consider the existing problem with the capacity of the district attorney and to ensure due process of the law. "Giving the mandate to make decisions for printing companies should be avoided. And it was unfair to use scarcity of printing paper as an excuse not to print newspapers," he concluded..."

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