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Parliament approved amendments to the Public Information Law on Thursday to harmonize the law with the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, with 97 votes in favor and three abstentions.
Meanwhile, during deliberations in the Seimas Culture Committee, the provisions regarding the exception that violations of the LRT could not be evaluated in the future by the Public Information Ethics Commission ceased to exist.
During the deliberation in the Seimas, it was not approved by the entire parliament, then the LRT withdrew its initiated proposal. These amendments were criticized by the Association for the Ethics of Public Information, representatives of the Presidency.
The national broadcaster argued that the new LRT law provided for the LRT ethics ombudsman position and that the ombudsman should monitor compliance with ethical requirements by LRT journalists.
Critics have argued that there is no reason to single out LRT in relation to other media, and that the amendments could allow LRT to ignore ethical standards for public reporting and public oversight.
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