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Egypt's Information ministry to be scrapped, says presidential advisor Egypt's Ministry of Information to be replaced by independent body, says presidential advisor for media Ahmed El-Muslimani
Egypt's Ministry of Information will be scrapped in Egypt's transitional period, interim president Adly Mansour's media advisor Ahmed El-Muslimani said on Monday. El-Muslimani said an independent body for national media will be set up instead, as stipulated in the suspended constitution, Ahram's Arabic news website reported. Interim prime minister Hazem El-Beblawi had said on Sunday that the information ministry – responsible for regulating the country's media – will still operate in the transitional period. There have been recurring demands to eliminate the ministry so as to ease media restrictions and allow greater freedom of speech. Media figure Dorreya Sharaf El-Din has been nominated for the position of minister of information in the new cabinet. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/76539.aspx