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Egypt closes down TV channel of MP who met with Israeli Ambassador
One-year suspension for sacked MP Okasha’s TV channel
The decision by Egypt’s Media Free Zone comes one day after Okasha’s Faraeen
channel announced the complete suspension of its operation and that it will
be put up for sale
Ahram Online , Thursday 3 Mar 2016
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/190093/Egypt/Politics-/Oneyear-suspension-for-sacked-MP-Okashas-TV-channe.aspx
Egypt’s Media Free Zone, which controls broadcasting permits, ordered on
Thursday the suspension for one year of a TV channel owned by MP Tawfik
Okasha, who was recently sacked from parliament for hosting the Israeli
ambassador to Egypt at his home.
The decision by the body comes one day after Okasha’s Faraeen channel
announced the complete suspension of its operation and that it will be put
up for sale.
The suspension order is a result of numerous complaints the authority
received that the channel “has violated the law and principles of operation
in the media zone,” head of the Media Free Zone Hossam El-Haddad told Ahram
Arabic news website.
Okasha, who hosted a one-man show on the station, announced several times
that he would close down the channel, at times citing financial hurdles.
The channel’s announcement followed a majority vote by parliament members to
strip Okasha of his seat on grounds that he “violated the principles of the
separation of powers and flouted the parliament’s regulations.”
The meeting with Israeli ambassador Haim Koren last week sparked an outcry
in the media and in parliament, with one MP assaulting Okasha with a shoe.
Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, but relations between the
two countries have remained cold, with many political forces, including
workers and professional syndicates, rejecting any normalisation of ties.
Source: http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=70123
